Gesetzlosigkeit

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The verdict

“Gesetzlosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #95,638 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,638
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fehlen von Gesetzen oder Vorschriften

Corpus desk

Index DE-gesetzlosigkeit · Gesetzlosigkeit · German

Gesetzlosigkeit · rank #95,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,638
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gesichtszügen

Nearest frequency peer: Gesichtszügen (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gesetzlosigkeit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gesetzlosigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gesetzlosigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesetzlosigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters15
Frequency rank#95,638
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gesetzlosigkeit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gesetzlosigkeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gesichtszügen“ (#95,639), „Gesellschaftssystem“ (#95,636), „gestrickten“ (#95,640). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gesetzlosigkeit“ bei #95,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gesetzlosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #95,638 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gesetzlosigkeit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gesetzlosigkeit, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fehlen von Gesetzen oder Vorschriften
  2. 2
    die Missachtung von existierenden Gesetzen

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 "Gesetzlosigkeit"?
"Gesetzlosigkeit" is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Gesetzlosigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Gesetzlosigkeit" means: Fehlen von Gesetzen oder Vorschriften
How do you pronounce "Gesetzlosigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesetzlosigkeit" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gesetzlosigkeit" come from?
"Gesetzlosigkeit" 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 "Gesetzlosigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frühlingsrollen#95,583frischgebackene#95,579Hexenverfolgung#95,715homöopathischer#95,735

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list