Gesichtshaut
[ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌhaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“Gesichtshaut” is uncommon German (frequency #97,056 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,056
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hautschicht, die das Gesicht bedeckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesichtshaut · Gesichtshaut · German
Gesichtshaut · rank #97,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,056
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gespaltener
Nearest frequency peer: gespaltener (+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 „Gesichtshaut“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gesamtschad…
Gesamtschaden
2,949 corpus weight
- geschäftige
geschäftige
2,947 corpus weight
- Gesichtshaut
Gesichtshaut
2,945 corpus weight
- gespaltener
gespaltener
2,944 corpus weight
- gespaltenes
gespaltenes
2,943 corpus weight
- gespreizt
gespreizt
2,942 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gesichtshaut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesichtshaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌhaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #97,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gesichtshaut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gesichtshaut is uncommon German at frequency #97,056 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌhaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hautschicht, die das Gesicht bedeckt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gesichtshaut in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gesichtshaut, spelled G-E-S-I-C-H-T-S-H-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1Hautschicht, die das Gesicht bedeckt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gesichtshaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seine Gesichtshaut erinnerte an Leder.“
„Nach endlosen zwanzig Minuten ließ es Ludmilla endlich gut sein und löschte meine mittlerweile krebsrote Gesichtshaut mit einem Gesichtswasser ab, das dem Brennen nach aus einer Mischung aus Pinselreiniger und geriebenen Chilischoten bestehen musste.“
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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