gestalten
[ɡəˈʃtaltn̩]
The verdict
“gestalten” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,296
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einem Gegenstand oder Prozess eine Form oder ein Konzept geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-gestalten · gestalten · German
gestalten · rank #2,296 · 14 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,296
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gegründet
Nearest frequency peer: gegründet (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gestalten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fordern
fordern
97,708 corpus weight
- formen
formen
97,707 corpus weight
- gegründet
gegründet
97,706 corpus weight
- gestalten
gestalten
97,705 corpus weight
- gesund
gesund
97,704 corpus weight
- gewann
gewann
97,703 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gestalten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | gestalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtaltn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “gestalten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around gestalten (IPA [ɡəˈʃtaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,296 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestalten, with forms such as "egstalten", "gesatlten", and "gesstalten". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "gestaltet", "gestartet", "gestanden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gestalten, spelled G-E-S-T-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1einem Gegenstand oder Prozess eine Form oder ein Konzept geben
- 2in der Realität ablaufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gestalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie sollen wir unser Fest gestalten?
Wir bieten ergonomisch gestaltete Tastaturen an.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egstalten
- gesatlten
- gesstalten
- gestaletn
- gestallten
- gestaltenn
- gestaltne
- gestaltten
- gestatlen
- gestlaten
- gesttalten
- getsalten
- ggestalten
- gsetalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gestalten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gestalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "gestalten". Here's where to go from here.
- "gestalten" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gestaltet". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,296 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.