gewalttätig
[ɡəˈvaltˌtɛːtɪç]
The verdict
“gewalttätig” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,919
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dazu neigend, andere wiederholt und auffällig unprovoziert (bzw. durch Kleinigkeiten provoziert) oder unangebracht physisch (auch tödlich) zu verletzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewalttatig · gewalttätig · German
gewalttätig · rank #17,919 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,919
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH getrost
Nearest frequency peer: getrost (-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 “gewalttätig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gesicherten
gesicherten
82,085 corpus weight
- Gesichts
Gesichts
82,084 corpus weight
- getrost
getrost
82,083 corpus weight
- gewalttätig
gewalttätig
82,082 corpus weight
- gezielten
gezielten
82,081 corpus weight
- GIF
GIF
82,080 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gewalttätig” 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 | gewalttätig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvaltˌtɛːtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gewalttätig” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around gewalttätig (IPA [ɡəˈvaltˌtɛːtɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,919 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for gewalttätig, with forms such as "egwalttätig", "geawlttätig", and "gewallttätig". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gewalttätige", "gewalttätigen", "gewalttätiger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gewalttätig, spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-T-Ä-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1dazu neigend, andere wiederholt und auffällig unprovoziert (bzw. durch Kleinigkeiten provoziert) oder unangebracht physisch (auch tödlich) zu verletzen
- 2körperliche Gewalt beinhaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gewalttätig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Kokainhandel zieht die windigsten und gewalttätigsten Charaktere an.“
In ihrem Suff konnte sie gewalttätig werden.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egwalttätig
- geawlttätig
- gewallttätig
- gewaltttäig
- gewalttäitg
- gewalttätgi
- gewalttätigg
- gewalttättig
- gewaltätig
- gewaltättig
- gewatltätig
- gewlattätig
- gewwalttätig
- ggewalttätig
- gwealttätig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gewalttätig - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "gewalttätig"?
What does "gewalttätig" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "gewalttätig"?
How do you pronounce "gewalttätig"?
What language does "gewalttätig" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gewalttätig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.