göttlich
[ˈɡœtlɪç]
The verdict
“göttlich” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,943
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gott betreffend, von Gott kommend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gottlich · göttlich · German
göttlich · rank #19,943 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,943
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH hamlet
Nearest frequency peer: hamlet (+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 “göttlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gleisen
Gleisen
80,062 corpus weight
- globaler
globaler
80,061 corpus weight
- göttlich
göttlich
80,058 corpus weight
- hamlet
hamlet
80,057 corpus weight
- Handwerks
Handwerks
80,056 corpus weight
- heimgesucht
heimgesucht
80,054 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “göttlich” 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 | göttlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡœtlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “göttlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around göttlich (IPA [ˈɡœtlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,943 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for göttlich, with forms such as "ggöttlich", "gtötlich", and "götlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "göttliche", "göttlichen", "göttlicher", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is göttlich, spelled G-Ö-T-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Gott betreffend, von Gott kommend
- 2außerordentlich schön, herrlich, wunderbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how göttlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da die Angehörigen der protestantischen Oberschicht, darunter die meisten Geistlichen, ins Ausland flohen, wurde die Kirche durch Laienpastoren geleitet, die sich durch eine göttliche Eingebung berufen fühlten.“
„Die Sehnsucht nach Tiefenerkenntnis der göttlichen Bestimmung des Menschen ist zeitlos.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggöttlich
- gtötlich
- götlich
- götltich
- göttilch
- göttlcih
- göttlicch
- göttlichh
- göttlihc
- göttllich
- ögttlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of göttlich - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "göttlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "göttlich" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "göttliche". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #19,943 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.