gesetzlich
[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪç]
The verdict
“gesetzlich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,490
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gesetzmäßig, dem Gesetz nach
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesetzlich · gesetzlich · German
gesetzlich · rank #5,490 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,490
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geradezu
Nearest frequency peer: geradezu (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „gesetzlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- geflogen
geflogen
94,514 corpus weight
- gelangt
gelangt
94,513 corpus weight
- geradezu
geradezu
94,512 corpus weight
- gesetzlich
gesetzlich
94,511 corpus weight
- gesunden
gesunden
94,510 corpus weight
- gewährt
gewährt
94,509 corpus weight
What this shows „gesetzlich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gesetzlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gesetzlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around gesetzlich (IPA [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,490 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gesetzmäßig, dem Gesetz nach".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for gesetzlich, with forms such as "egsetzlich", "geestzlich", and "gesetlzich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gesetzliche", "gesetzlichen", "gesetzlicher", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gesetzlich, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1gesetzmäßig, dem Gesetz nach
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gesetzlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir sind gesetzlich dazu verpflichtet.
„Eine solche Maulkorbpflicht ist gesetzlich bereits vorgeschrieben, gilt aber nicht einfach im gesamten Stadtgebiet.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egsetzlich
- geestzlich
- gesetlzich
- gesettzlich
- gesetzilch
- gesetzlcih
- gesetzlicch
- gesetzlichh
- gesetzlihc
- gesetzllich
- gesetzzlich
- geseztlich
- gessetzlich
- gestezlich
- ggesetzlich
- gseetzlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gesetzlich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gesetzlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).