Gesellschaft
\ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\
The verdict
“Gesellschaft” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,854 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,854
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gesellschaft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gesellschaft” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Gesellschaft is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,854 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Société ; ensemble d’individus qui partagent des normes, des conduites et une culture, et qui interagissent en coopération pour former un groupe ou une communauté.
- 2Société ; collectif de personnes dotées d'une personnalité civile.
- 3Groupe de personnes.
- 4Réception.
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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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gesellschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡə.ˈzɛl.ʃaft\ (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.