gezielte

[ɡəˈt͡siːltə]

/[ɡəˈt͡siːltə]/ adj

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The verdict

“gezielte” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,481
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt

Corpus desk

Index DE-gezielte · gezielte · German

gezielte · rank #10,481 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,481
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geringste

Nearest frequency peer: geringste (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „gezielte“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gezielte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gezielte vs gezielten
89% similar
gezielte vs gezielter
89% similar
gezielte vs gezieltes
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gezielte
PropertyValue
Headwordgezielte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈt͡siːltə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,481
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gezielte“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gezielteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geringste“ (#10,480), „Glaubwürdigkeit“ (#10,482), „genügen“ (#10,479). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gezielte“ bei #10,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around gezielte (IPA [ɡəˈt͡siːltə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,481 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gezielte, with forms such as "egzielte", "geizelte", and "gezeilte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "gezielten", "gezielter", "gezieltes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gezielte, spelled G-E-Z-I-E-L-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egzielte
  • geizelte
  • gezeilte
  • gezielet
  • geziellte
  • gezieltte
  • gezietle
  • gezilete
  • gezzielte
  • ggezielte
  • gzeielte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gezielte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egzielte2geizelte2gezeilte2gezielet2geziellte1gezieltte1gezietle2gezilete2
Edit distance from "gezielte"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gezielte"?
"gezielte" is spelled G-E-Z-I-E-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈt͡siːltə].
What does "gezielte" mean?
As an adjective, "gezielte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gezielt
What words are commonly confused with "gezielte"?
"gezielte" is commonly confused with "gezielten", "gezielter", "gezieltes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gezielte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gezielte" is [ɡəˈt͡siːltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gezielte" come from?
"gezielte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gezielte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geführte#10,474fertigen#10,472Kalorien#10,501Kolonien#10,508

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Gegnern11 variantsdämlich11 variantsLeiterin11 variantsBäckerei11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list