gesetzliche

/[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçə]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,597

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

gesetzliche is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich Pronounced [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçə]. It ranks #5,597 in German word frequency. Often confused with gesetzlichen and gesetzlicher.

Key facts for gesetzliche
PropertyValue
Headwordgesetzliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,597
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gesetzliche in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gesetzliche is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçə]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,597 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for gesetzliche, with forms such as "egsetzliche", "geestzliche", and "gesetlziche". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gesetzlichen", "gesetzlicher", "gesetzliches", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gesetzliche, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsetzliche,geestzliche,gesetlziche,gesettzliche,gesetzilche,gesetzlcihe,gesetzlicche,gesetzliceh,gesetzlichhe,gesetzlihce,gesetzlliche,gesetzzliche,geseztliche,gessetzliche,gestezliche,ggesetzliche,gseetzliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gesetzliche

Misspelling Variants of "gesetzliche"

egsetzliche11geestzliche11gesetlziche11gesettzliche12gesetzilche11gesetzlcihe11gesetzlicche12gesetzliceh11
Misspelling Variants of "gesetzliche"

Frequency rank: #5,597 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesetzliche"?
"gesetzliche" is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçə].
What does "gesetzliche" mean?
As an adj, "gesetzliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gesetzlich
What words are commonly confused with "gesetzliche"?
"gesetzliche" is commonly confused with "gesetzlichen", "gesetzlicher", "gesetzliches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gesetzliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesetzliche" is [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesetzliche" come from?
"gesetzliche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.