Gutachter
[ˈɡuːtˌʔaxtɐ]
The verdict
“Gutachter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,936
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sachverständiger, Fachmann, der für ein Amt schriftlich oder mündlich eine Situation beurteilt
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 | Gutachter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡuːtˌʔaxtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gutachter” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Gutachter (IPA [ˈɡuːtˌʔaxtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,936 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sachverständiger, Fachmann, der für ein Amt schriftlich oder mündlich eine Situation beurteilt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gutachter, with forms such as "ggutachter", "gtuachter", and "guatchter". 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, "Gutachten", "Gelächter", "gemachter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gutachter, spelled G-U-T-A-C-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sachverständiger, Fachmann, der für ein Amt schriftlich oder mündlich eine Situation beurteilt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggutachter
- gtuachter
- guatchter
- gutacchter
- gutachetr
- gutachhter
- gutachterr
- gutachtre
- gutachtter
- gutacther
- gutahcter
- gutcahter
- guttachter
- ugtachter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gutachter - 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.
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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Using “Gutachter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-U-T-A-C-H-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡuːtˌʔaxtɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gutachten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gutachter vs Gutachten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.