Gestalt
[ɡəˈʃtalt]
The verdict
“Gestalt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,176 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,176
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die äußere Form, der Umriss, das Schema
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gestalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtalt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gestalt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gestalt is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃtalt]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,176 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gestalt, with forms such as "egstalt", "gesatlt", and "gesstalt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewalt", "gestört", "gesteht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gestalt, spelled G-E-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1die äußere Form, der Umriss, das Schema
- 2eine unbekannte, nicht oder nur der Form, dem Umriss nach, schemenhaft zu erkennende Person
- 3herausragende Persönlichkeit, dichterische oder filmische Figur, Fantasiegeschöpf, verwandeltes Lebewesen
- 4äußerliche Beschaffenheit, der Habitus, die Figur eines Menschen
- 5fragwürdiges Individuum, eigenartiger Mensch
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egstalt,gesatlt,gesstalt,gestallt,gestaltt,gestatl,gestlat,gesttalt,getsalt,ggestalt,gsetalt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gestalt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Gestalt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-T-A-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʃtalt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gewalt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gestalt vs Gewalt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.