Gesellschaft

\ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\

/\ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\/ noun

The verdict

“Gesellschaft” is uncommon French (frequency #50,854 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,854
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Société ; ensemble d’individus qui partagent des normes, des conduites et une culture, et qui interagissent en coopération pour former un groupe ou une communauté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gesellschaft · Gesellschaft · French

Gesellschaft · rank #50,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,854
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH genoa

Nearest frequency peer: genoa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Gesellschaft »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Gesellschaft » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gesellschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesellschaft
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,854
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Gesellschaft » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Gesellschafttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « genoa » (#50,853), « geôliers » (#50,855), « gaélique » (#50,852). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gesellschaft » est au #50,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gesellschaft is uncommon French at frequency #50,854 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Gesellschaft in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Gesellschaft, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Société ; ensemble d’individus qui partagent des normes, des conduites et une culture, et qui interagissent en coopération pour former un groupe ou une communauté.
  2. 2
    Société ; collectif de personnes dotées d'une personnalité civile.
  3. 3
    Groupe de personnes.
  4. 4
    Réception.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gesellschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. (Es ist Maier wichtig,) die Plastik nicht in irgendein Museum abzuschieben, sondern an einem Lernort in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Stadtkirche zu zeigen, "wie tief der Judenhass seit Jahrhunderten in unsere Gesellschaft hineinreicht".
  2. Zehn Jahre lang blieb der Mord an einem Berliner Rentner unbemerkt. Das sagt etwas über den Umgang der Gesellschaft mit dem Alter aus.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gesellschaft"?
"Gesellschaft" is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\.
What does "Gesellschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Gesellschaft" means: Société ; ensemble d’individus qui partagent des normes, des conduites et une culture, et qui interagissent en coopération pour former un groupe ou une communauté.
How do you pronounce "Gesellschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesellschaft" is \ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gesellschaft" come from?
"Gesellschaft" is a French 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gesellschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list