gesteuert

/[ɡəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,097

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

gesteuert is anGermanadj. It means: durch Lebewesen oder durch Automatismen im Verhalten oder Ablauf bestimmt Pronounced [ɡəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt]. Often confused with gesteuerte and gesteuerten.

Key facts for gesteuert
PropertyValue
Headwordgesteuert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,097
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gesteuert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gesteuert is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,097 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch Lebewesen oder durch Automatismen im Verhalten oder Ablauf bestimmt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gesteuert, with forms such as "egsteuert", "gesetuert", and "gessteuert". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gesteuerte", "gesteuerten", "gefeuert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gesteuert, spelled G-E-S-T-E-U-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Lebewesen oder durch Automatismen im Verhalten oder Ablauf bestimmt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsteuert,gesetuert,gessteuert,gesteeurt,gesteuerrt,gesteuertt,gesteuetr,gesteuret,gestteuert,gestueert,getseuert,ggesteuert,gseteuert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gesteuert

Misspelling Variants of "gesteuert"

egsteuert9gesetuert9gessteuert10gesteeurt9gesteuerrt10gesteuertt10gesteuetr9gesteuret9
Misspelling Variants of "gesteuert"

Frequency rank: #10,097 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesteuert"?
"gesteuert" is spelled G-E-S-T-E-U-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt].
What does "gesteuert" mean?
As an adj, "gesteuert" means: durch Lebewesen oder durch Automatismen im Verhalten oder Ablauf bestimmt
What words are commonly confused with "gesteuert"?
"gesteuert" is commonly confused with "gesteuerte", "gesteuerten", "gefeuert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gesteuert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesteuert" is [ɡəˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesteuert" come from?
"gesteuert" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.