Gesicht

/[ɡəˈzɪçt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#778

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gesicht is aGermannoun. It means: die vom Haupthaar ausgesparte Vorderseite des menschlichen Kopfes, auf der die Augen, die Nase und der Mund liegen Pronounced [ɡəˈzɪçt]. It ranks #778 in German word frequency. Often confused with Gicht and Gesuch.

Key facts for Gesicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈzɪçt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#778
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gesicht is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #778 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gesicht, with forms such as "egsicht", "geischt", and "gesciht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gicht", "Gesuch", "gesucht", 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 Gesicht, spelled G-E-S-I-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die vom Haupthaar ausgesparte Vorderseite des menschlichen Kopfes, auf der die Augen, die Nase und der Mund liegen
  2. 2
    Vorderseite des Kopfes, auf der die Augen, die Nase und das Maul liegen
  3. 3
    eine Person als Ganzes
  4. 4
    ein Gesichtsausdruck
  5. 5
    Ansehen und Respekt (in den Augen anderer)
  6. 6
    Anblick, Betrachtungsmöglichkeit (einer von mehreren Aspekten einer Person oder eines Gegenstandes)
  7. 7
    Offenbarung, Traumbild

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsicht,geischt,gesciht,gesiccht,gesichht,gesichtt,gesicth,gesihct,gessicht,ggesicht,gseicht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gesicht

Misspelling Variants of "Gesicht"

egsicht7geischt7gesciht7gesiccht8gesichht8gesichtt8gesicth7gesihct7
Misspelling Variants of "Gesicht"

Frequency rank: #778 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gesicht"?
"Gesicht" is spelled G-E-S-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɪçt].
What does "Gesicht" mean?
As a noun, "Gesicht" means: die vom Haupthaar ausgesparte Vorderseite des menschlichen Kopfes, auf der die Augen, die Nase und der Mund liegen
What words are commonly confused with "Gesicht"?
"Gesicht" is commonly confused with "Gicht", "Gesuch", "gesucht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gesicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesicht" is [ɡəˈzɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gesicht" come from?
"Gesicht" 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.