höhere Gewalt
[ˈhøːəʁə ɡəˈvalt]
The verdict
“höhere Gewalt” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von außen einwirkendes, unabwendbares Schadenereignis, das nicht in der Natur der Sache liegt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | höhere Gewalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈhøːəʁə ɡəˈvalt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “höhere Gewalt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for höhere Gewalt is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhøːəʁə ɡəˈvalt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von außen einwirkendes, unabwendbares Schadenereignis, das nicht in der Natur der Sache liegt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for höhere Gewalt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is höhere Gewalt, spelled H-Ö-H-E-R-E- -G-E-W-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1von außen einwirkendes, unabwendbares Schadenereignis, das nicht in der Natur der Sache liegt
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “höhere Gewalt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ö-H-E-R-E- -G-E-W-A-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.