gesetzliches

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

[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçəs]

/[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçəs]/ adj

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

The verdict

“gesetzliches” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,979
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 Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-gesetzliches · gesetzliches · German

gesetzliches · rank #45,979 · 19 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,979
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH Gesellschafts…

Nearest frequency peer: Gesellschaftsrecht (-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.

Geschäftsst…

54,025
geschütztes

54,024
Gesellschaf…

54,023
gesetzliches

54,022
gesinnt

54,021
gesperrten

54,020

What this shows „gesetzliches“ 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).

gesetzliches vs gesetzlich

83% similar

gesetzliches vs gesetzliche

92% similar

gesetzliches vs gesetzlichen

92% similar

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

Key facts for gesetzliches
Property	Value
Headword	gesetzliches
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçəs]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#45,979
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gesetzliches“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gesetzlichesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#45,979

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Gesellschaftsrecht“ (#45,978), „gesinnt“ (#45,980), „geschütztes“ (#45,977). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gesetzliches“ bei #45,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around gesetzliches (IPA [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,979 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for gesetzliches, with forms such as "egsetzliches", "geestzliches", and "gesetlziches". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gesetzlich", "gesetzliche", "gesetzlichen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gesetzliches, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gesetzlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egsetzliches
geestzliches
gesetlziches
gesettzliches
gesetzilches
gesetzlcihes
gesetzlicches
gesetzlicehs
gesetzlichess
gesetzlichhes
gesetzlichse
gesetzlihces
gesetzlliches
gesetzzliches
geseztliches
gessetzliches
gestezliches
ggesetzliches
gseetzliches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gesetzliches - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "gesetzliches"

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 "gesetzliches"?

"gesetzliches" is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪçəs].

What does "gesetzliches" mean?

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

What words are commonly confused with "gesetzliches"?

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

How do you pronounce "gesetzliches"?

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

What language does "gesetzliches" come from?

"gesetzliches" 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 "gesetzliches", 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).

gegenteiligen19 variants hinterhältig19 variants Festlegungen19 variants entzündliche19 variants