grundsätzliche

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

[ˈɡʁʊntˌz̥ɛt͡slɪçə]

/[ˈɡʁʊntˌz̥ɛt͡slɪçə]/ adj

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

The verdict

“grundsätzliche” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,864
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 23
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-grundsatzliche · grundsätzliche · German

grundsätzliche · rank #10,864 · 23 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,864
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 23 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH grinsen

Nearest frequency peer: grinsen (-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.

grenzt

89,140
grey

89,139
grinsen

89,138
grundsätzli…

89,137
hallen

89,136
Hartmut

89,135

What this shows „grundsätzliche“ 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).

grundsätzliche vs grundsätzlichen

93% similar

grundsätzliche vs grundsätzliches

93% similar

grundsätzliche vs grundsätzlicher

93% similar

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

Key facts for grundsätzliche
Property	Value
Headword	grundsätzliche
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈɡʁʊntˌz̥ɛt͡slɪçə]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#10,864
Misspellings tracked	23
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „grundsätzliche“

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

#10,864

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „grinsen“ (#10,863), „hallen“ (#10,865), „grey“ (#10,862). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grundsätzliche“ bei #10,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around grundsätzliche (IPA [ˈɡʁʊntˌz̥ɛt͡slɪçə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,864 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for grundsätzliche, with forms such as "ggrundsätzliche", "grnudsätzliche", and "grrundsätzliche". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "grundsätzlichen", "grundsätzliches", "grundsätzlicher", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is grundsätzliche, spelled G-R-U-N-D-S-Ä-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ggrundsätzliche
grnudsätzliche
grrundsätzliche
grudnsätzliche
grunddsätzliche
grundssätzliche
grundstäzliche
grundsätlziche
grundsättzliche
grundsätzilche
grundsätzlcihe
grundsätzlicche
grundsätzliceh
grundsätzlichhe
grundsätzlihce
grundsätzlliche
grundsätzzliche
grundsäztliche
grundästzliche
grunndsätzliche
grunsdätzliche
gurndsätzliche
rgundsätzliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grundsätzliche - 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 "grundsätzliche"

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 "grundsätzliche"?

"grundsätzliche" is spelled G-R-U-N-D-S-Ä-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁʊntˌz̥ɛt͡slɪçə].

What does "grundsätzliche" mean?

As an adjective, "grundsätzliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grundsätzlich

What words are commonly confused with "grundsätzliche"?

"grundsätzliche" is commonly confused with "grundsätzlichen", "grundsätzliches", "grundsätzlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "grundsätzliche"?

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

What language does "grundsätzliche" come from?

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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