gesetzlicher

Name: gesetzlicher, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçɐ]

/[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gesetzlicher” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,276
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-gesetzlicher · gesetzlicher · German

gesetzlicher · rank #21,276 · 19 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,276
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH geschnappt

Nearest frequency peer: geschnappt (-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.

Gerüst

78,728
gesandt

78,727
geschnappt

78,726
gesetzlicher

78,725
Gewalttaten

78,724
Grausamkeit

78,723

What this shows „gesetzlicher“ 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).

gesetzlicher vs gesetzliches

92% similar

gesetzlicher vs gesetzlich

83% similar

gesetzlicher vs gesetzliche

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gesetzlicher
Property	Value
Headword	gesetzlicher
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçɐ]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#21,276
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gesetzlicher“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gesetzlicherliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#21,276

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geschnappt“ (#21,275), „Gewalttaten“ (#21,277), „gesandt“ (#21,274). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gesetzlicher“ bei #21,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around gesetzlicher (IPA [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,276 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for gesetzlicher, with forms such as "egsetzlicher", "geestzlicher", and "gesetlzicher". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gesetzliches", "gesetzlich", "gesetzliche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gesetzlicher, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egsetzlicher
geestzlicher
gesetlzicher
gesettzlicher
gesetzilcher
gesetzlciher
gesetzliccher
gesetzlicehr
gesetzlicherr
gesetzlichher
gesetzlichre
gesetzlihcer
gesetzllicher
gesetzzlicher
geseztlicher
gessetzlicher
gestezlicher
ggesetzlicher
gseetzlicher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gesetzlicher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "gesetzlicher"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesetzlicher"?

"gesetzlicher" is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçɐ].

What does "gesetzlicher" mean?

As an adjective, "gesetzlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich

What words are commonly confused with "gesetzlicher"?

"gesetzlicher" is commonly confused with "gesetzliches", "gesetzlich", "gesetzliche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gesetzlicher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesetzlicher" is [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gesetzlicher" come from?

"gesetzlicher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gesetzlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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