Gesundheit
[ɡəˈzʊnthaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gesundheit” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,771 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,771
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - als geistig ausgeglichen und emotional harmonisch empfundener, in körperlicher und vor allem praktischer Hinsicht als ausreichend kraftvoll erlebter Allgemeinzustand voller Arbeits- oder Leistungsf...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesundheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzʊnthaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gesundheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gesundheit is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzʊnthaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,771 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "als geistig ausgeglichen und emotional harmonisch empfundener, in körperlicher und vor allem praktischer Hinsicht als ausreichend kraftvoll erlebter Allgemeinzustand voller Arbeits- oder Leistungsf...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gesundheit, with forms such as "egsundheit", "gesnudheit", and "gessundheit". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gesundheit, spelled G-E-S-U-N-D-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1als geistig ausgeglichen und emotional harmonisch empfundener, in körperlicher und vor allem praktischer Hinsicht als ausreichend kraftvoll erlebter Allgemeinzustand voller Arbeits- oder Leistungsfähigkeit und damit uneingeschränkter Handlungsfähigkeit
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egsundheit,gesnudheit,gessundheit,gesudnheit,gesunddheit,gesundehit,gesundheitt,gesundheti,gesundhheit,gesundhiet,gesunhdeit,gesunndheit,geusndheit,ggesundheit,gseundheit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gesundheit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Gesundheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-U-N-D-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈzʊnthaɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.