Lichtgestalt
[ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt]
The verdict
“Lichtgestalt” is an uncommon German word, ranked #77,021 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #77,021
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - angesehene Person, die das Vorbild vieler ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lichtgestalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lichtgestalt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Lichtgestalt is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,021 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "angesehene Person, die das Vorbild vieler ist".
Lichtgestalt has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Lichtgestalt, spelled L-I-C-H-T-G-E-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1angesehene Person, die das Vorbild vieler ist
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); 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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-I-C-H-T-G-E-S-T-A-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlɪçtɡəˌʃtalt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.