gestaltet
[ɡəˈʃtaltət]
The verdict
“gestaltet” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,125 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,125
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gestalten
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 | gestaltet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtaltət] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gestaltet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gestaltet is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃtaltət]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,125 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gestalten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestaltet, with forms such as "egstaltet", "gesatltet", and "gesstaltet". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "gestartet", "gestattet", "gestatten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gestaltet, spelled G-E-S-T-A-L-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gestalten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egstaltet,gesatltet,gesstaltet,gestalett,gestalltet,gestaltett,gestaltte,gestalttet,gestatlet,gestlatet,gesttaltet,getsaltet,ggestaltet,gsetaltet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gestaltet - 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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Using “gestaltet”
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-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʃtaltət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gestartet” - see the side-by-side comparison. gestaltet vs gestartet
- 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.