Ghetto

Name: Ghetto, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈɡɛto]

/[ˈɡɛto]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Ghetto” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,578
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der jüdischen Bevölkerung (anfänglich freiwillig, später zwangsweise) bewohntes, von den übrigen Stadtvierteln (durch Mauern oder Ähnliches) abgetrenntes Viertel

Corpus desk

Index DE-ghetto · Ghetto · German

Ghetto · rank #14,578 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #14,578
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH gesundheitlic…

Nearest frequency peer: gesundheitliche (-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.

Geschehnisse

85,426
geschwächt

85,425
gesundheitl…

85,424
Ghetto

85,423
Gruber

85,421
guckst

85,420

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Ghetto vs Ghettos

86% similar

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

Key facts for Ghetto
Property	Value
Headword	Ghetto
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈɡɛto]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#14,578
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Ghetto“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ghettoliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#14,578

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gesundheitliche“ (#14,577), „geschwächt“ (#14,576), „Gruber“ (#14,580). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Ghetto“ bei #14,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Ghetto (IPA [ˈɡɛto]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,578 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ghetto, with forms such as "gehtto", "gghetto", and "gheto". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ghettos", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ghetto, spelled G-H-E-T-T-O.

Definition

1
von der jüdischen Bevölkerung (anfänglich freiwillig, später zwangsweise) bewohntes, von den übrigen Stadtvierteln (durch Mauern oder Ähnliches) abgetrenntes Viertel
2
(militärisch streng bewachtes) isoliertes Stadtviertel, in dem die jüdische Bevölkerung gezwungenermaßen abgesondert von der übrigen Stadtbevölkerung (in unmenschlichen Lebensverhältnissen) leben musste
3
von diskriminierten Minderheiten, Ausländern oder auch privilegierten Bevölkerungsgruppen bewohnter Bezirk beziehungsweise Viertel einer Stadt
4
bestimmte (soziale, wirtschaftliche oder dergleichen) mentale oder psychische Sphäre, der sich jemand nicht entziehen kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ghetto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Der Ghetto also liegt an eben jener Halle der Oktavia, wo Vespasian und Titus den Triumph über die Juden einweihten, und um diesen jetzt im Schmutz starrenden Portikus wohnen heute Nachkommen jener Hebräer, die damals Kriegssklaven des Titus waren.“
„Wegen der historischen Beziehung des Volkes Israel zu den Römern, welche Jerusalem zerstörten und das Judenvolk in die Welt zerstreuten, ist der Ghetto Roms unter allen Judengemeinden Europas die merkwürdigste.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

gehtto
gghetto
gheto
ghetot
ghhetto
ghteto
hgetto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ghetto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Ghetto"

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 "Ghetto"?

"Ghetto" is spelled G-H-E-T-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛto].

What does "Ghetto" mean?

As a noun, "Ghetto" means: von der jüdischen Bevölkerung (anfänglich freiwillig, später zwangsweise) bewohntes, von den übrigen Stadtvierteln (durch Mauern oder Ähnliches) abgetrenntes Viertel

What words are commonly confused with "Ghetto"?

"Ghetto" is commonly confused with "Ghettos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Ghetto"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ghetto" is [ˈɡɛto]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Ghetto" come from?

"Ghetto" 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 "Ghetto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gruber#14,580 guckst#14,581 Gerede#14,574 Gütern#14,582

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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