Zivilgesellschaft

Name: Zivilgesellschaft, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[t͡siˈviːlɡəˌzɛlʃaft]

/[t͡siˈviːlɡəˌzɛlʃaft]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Zivilgesellschaft” has 26 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,275
frequency rank, German: 37,643
“Z” headwords: 26
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teil einer Gesellschaft, die nicht zur Sphäre der Politik (Parteien), des Staatsapparats (öffentliche Verwaltung) oder der Wirtschaft (Unternehmen) gehört; gemeint sind Personen, die sich außerhalb...

Key facts for Zivilgesellschaft
Property	Value
Headword	Zivilgesellschaft
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[t͡siˈviːlɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Letters	17
Frequency rank	#15,275
Misspellings tracked	26
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Zivilgesellschaft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Zivilgesellschaft lands here:

#15,275

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 26 spelling variants around Zivilgesellschaft (IPA [t͡siˈviːlɡəˌzɛlʃaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,275 among 37,643 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Teil einer Gesellschaft, die nicht zur Sphäre der Politik (Parteien), des Staatsapparats (öffentliche Verwaltung) oder der Wirtschaft (Unternehmen) gehört; gemeint sind Personen, die sich außerhalb...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zivilgesellschaft, with forms such as "izvilgesellschaft", "ziivlgesellschaft", and "ziviglesellschaft". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Zivilgesellschaft, spelled Z-I-V-I-L-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

1
Teil einer Gesellschaft, die nicht zur Sphäre der Politik (Parteien), des Staatsapparats (öffentliche Verwaltung) oder der Wirtschaft (Unternehmen) gehört; gemeint sind Personen, die sich außerhalb dieser Sphären engagieren (beispielsweise in Nichtregierungsorganisationen, Vereinen, Bürgerinitiativen, Wohlfahrtsverbänden, Kirchen und religiösen Organisationen)

Synonyms

Bürgergesellschaft

This word in other languages

civil society(English)ciudadanía(Español)société civile(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

izvilgesellschaft
ziivlgesellschaft
ziviglesellschaft
zivilegsellschaft
zivilgeesllschaft
zivilgesellcshaft
zivilgesellscahft
zivilgesellscchaft
zivilgesellschafft
zivilgesellschaftt
zivilgesellschatf
zivilgesellschfat
zivilgesellschhaft
zivilgesellshcaft
zivilgesellsschaft
zivilgeselschaft
zivilgeselslchaft
zivilgeslelschaft
zivilgessellschaft
zivilggesellschaft
zivilgseellschaft
zivillgesellschaft
zivligesellschaft
zivvilgesellschaft
zviilgesellschaft
zzivilgesellschaft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

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 "Zivilgesellschaft"?

"Zivilgesellschaft" is spelled Z-I-V-I-L-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡siˈviːlɡəˌzɛlʃaft].

What does "Zivilgesellschaft" mean?

As a noun, "Zivilgesellschaft" means: Teil einer Gesellschaft, die nicht zur Sphäre der Politik (Parteien), des Staatsapparats (öffentliche Verwaltung) oder der Wirtschaft (Unternehmen) gehört; gemeint sind Personen, die sich außerhalb...

What are common misspellings of "Zivilgesellschaft"?

Common misspellings include "izvilgesellschaft", "ziivlgesellschaft", "ziviglesellschaft", "zivilegsellschaft", "zivilgeesllschaft". The correct spelling is "Zivilgesellschaft".

How do you pronounce "Zivilgesellschaft"?

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

What language does "Zivilgesellschaft" come from?

"Zivilgesellschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “Zivilgesellschaft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is Z-I-V-I-L-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-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.