ungesetzlich
[ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç]
The verdict
“ungesetzlich” is an uncommon German word, ranked #89,719 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #89,719
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungesetzlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ungesetzlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ungesetzlich is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,719 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ungesetzlich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 ungesetzlich, spelled U-N-G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
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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 U-N-G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnɡəˌzɛt͡slɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.