Grundsatz
[ˈɡʁʊntˌzat͡s]
The verdict
“Grundsatz” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,385
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - basale Regel oder Annahme, auf der das Weitere aufbaut
Corpus desk
Index DE-grundsatz · Grundsatz · German
Grundsatz · rank #8,385 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,385
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grundlegend
Nearest frequency peer: grundlegend (-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 „Grundsatz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- great
great
91,620 corpus weight
- grundlegend
grundlegend
91,617 corpus weight
- Grundsatz
Grundsatz
91,616 corpus weight
- hard
hard
91,615 corpus weight
- harmlos
harmlos
91,614 corpus weight
- Hauch
Hauch
91,613 corpus weight
What this shows „Grundsatz“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grundsatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntˌzat͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Grundsatz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Grundsatz (IPA [ˈɡʁʊntˌzat͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,385 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "basale Regel oder Annahme, auf der das Weitere aufbaut".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grundsatz, with forms such as "ggrundsatz", "grnudsatz", and "grrundsatz". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Grundsätze", "Grundsätzen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grundsatz, spelled G-R-U-N-D-S-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1basale Regel oder Annahme, auf der das Weitere aufbaut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grundsatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Grundsatz sind alle Menschen gleich verschieden.
„Dieser legitime Grundsatz, der die Bevölkerung ganzer Länder wie eine Herde Schafe betrachtet, war auch hier, obwohl im kleinen Maßstabe, angewendet worden und hatte natürlich seine Früchte getragen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrundsatz
- grnudsatz
- grrundsatz
- grudnsatz
- grundastz
- grunddsatz
- grundsattz
- grundsatzz
- grundsazt
- grundssatz
- grundstaz
- grunndsatz
- grunsdatz
- gurndsatz
- rgundsatz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grundsatz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Grundsatz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).