Gesichtshälfte
[ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌhɛlftə]
The verdict
“Gesichtshälfte” is uncommon German (frequency #90,323 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,323
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obere oder untere, rechte oder linke Hälfte des Gesichts
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesichtshalfte · Gesichtshälfte · German
Gesichtshälfte · rank #90,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,323
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gesondertes
Nearest frequency peer: gesondertes (+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 „Gesichtshälfte“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geschäftses…
Geschäftsessen
9,682 corpus weight
- Geschäftsgr…
Geschäftsgrundlage
9,680 corpus weight
- Gesichtshäl…
Gesichtshälfte
9,678 corpus weight
- gesondertes
gesondertes
9,677 corpus weight
- Gestelle
Gestelle
9,676 corpus weight
- gewichteten
gewichteten
9,674 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gesichtshälfte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesichtshälfte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌhɛlftə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #90,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gesichtshälfte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gesichtshälfte is uncommon German at frequency #90,323 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌhɛlftə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "obere oder untere, rechte oder linke Hälfte des Gesichts".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gesichtshälfte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gesichtshälfte, spelled G-E-S-I-C-H-T-S-H-Ä-L-F-T-E.
Definition
- 1obere oder untere, rechte oder linke Hälfte des Gesichts
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gesichtshälfte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unterwegs fiel mir plötzlich seine rechte Gesichtshälfte auf.“
„Nur über ihre untere Gesichtshälfte lief ein Zucken.“
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.
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