gewischt

/[ɡəˈvɪʃt]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,317

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

gewischt is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wischen Pronounced [ɡəˈvɪʃt]. Often confused with gewünscht and Gesicht.

Key facts for gewischt
PropertyValue
Headwordgewischt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈvɪʃt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,317
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gewischt is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈvɪʃt]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,317 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wischen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for gewischt, with forms such as "egwischt", "geiwscht", and "gewicsht". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gewünscht", "Gesicht", "Gericht", 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 gewischt, spelled G-E-W-I-S-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wischen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egwischt,geiwscht,gewicsht,gewisccht,gewischht,gewischtt,gewiscth,gewishct,gewisscht,gewsicht,gewwischt,ggewischt,gweischt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gewischt

Misspelling Variants of "gewischt"

egwischt8geiwscht8gewicsht8gewisccht9gewischht9gewischtt9gewiscth8gewishct8
Misspelling Variants of "gewischt"

Frequency rank: #45,317 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gewischt"?
"gewischt" is spelled G-E-W-I-S-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɪʃt].
What does "gewischt" mean?
As a verb, "gewischt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wischen
What words are commonly confused with "gewischt"?
"gewischt" is commonly confused with "gewünscht", "Gesicht", "Gericht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gewischt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gewischt" is [ɡəˈvɪʃt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gewischt" come from?
"gewischt" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.