gewitzt
[ɡəˈvɪt͡st]
The verdict
“gewitzt” is uncommon German (frequency #99,898 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,898
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - schlau, einfallsreich bei der Problembewältigung, voller praktischer Ideen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewitzt · gewitzt · German
gewitzt · rank #99,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,898
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gewitterwolken
Nearest frequency peer: Gewitterwolken (-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 “gewitzt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gewerkschaf…
Gewerkschaftsführer
105 corpus weight
- Gewitterwol…
Gewitterwolken
104 corpus weight
- gewitzt
gewitzt
103 corpus weight
- Giebeln
Giebeln
102 corpus weight
- Giftmüll
Giftmüll
101 corpus weight
- glasklaren
glasklaren
100 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gewitzt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gewitzt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɪt͡st] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gewitzt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gewitzt is uncommon German at frequency #99,898 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈvɪt͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schlau, einfallsreich bei der Problembewältigung, voller praktischer Ideen".
Zero misspellings are on record for gewitzt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct German form is gewitzt, spelled G-E-W-I-T-Z-T.
Definition
- 1schlau, einfallsreich bei der Problembewältigung, voller praktischer Ideen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gewitzt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Davina macht aber einen gewitzten Eindruck.
This word in other languages
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gewitzt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.