gesetzt

/[ɡəˈzɛt͡st]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,389

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

gesetzt is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs setzen Pronounced [ɡəˈzɛt͡st]. It ranks #1,389 in German word frequency. Often confused with gestützt and gesetzte.

Key facts for gesetzt
PropertyValue
Headwordgesetzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈzɛt͡st]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,389
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gesetzt is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzɛt͡st]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,389 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs setzen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for gesetzt, with forms such as "egsetzt", "geestzt", and "gesettzt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "gestützt", "gesetzte", "gesetzten", 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 gesetzt, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs setzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsetzt,geestzt,gesettzt,gesetztt,gesetzzt,geseztt,gessetzt,gestezt,ggesetzt,gseetzt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gesetzt

Misspelling Variants of "gesetzt"

egsetzt7geestzt7gesettzt8gesetztt8gesetzzt8geseztt7gessetzt8gestezt7
Misspelling Variants of "gesetzt"

Frequency rank: #1,389 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesetzt"?
"gesetzt" is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛt͡st].
What does "gesetzt" mean?
As a verb, "gesetzt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs setzen
What words are commonly confused with "gesetzt"?
"gesetzt" is commonly confused with "gestützt", "gesetzte", "gesetzten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gesetzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesetzt" is [ɡəˈzɛt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesetzt" come from?
"gesetzt" 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.