Gewalt
\ɡəˈvalt\
The verdict
“Gewalt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pouvoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gewalt · Gewalt · French
Gewalt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gewalt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡəˈvalt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Gewalt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡəˈvalt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gewalt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Gewalt, spelled G-E-W-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1Pouvoir.
- 2Violence.
- 3Puissance, force de la nature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gewalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit 2016 entfernt die chinesische Medienanstalt alles aus ausländischen Filmen und Serien, was sie als "vulgäre, unmoralische und ungesunde Inhalte" definiert. Dazu zählen sexuelle Freizügigkeit, Rauchen, Gewalt, Affären. Und besonders oft: Homosexualität.
In Belarus war es nach gefälschten Präsidentschaftswahlen im Sommer 2020 zu wochenlangen Massenprotesten gekommen, denen Diktator Alexander Lukaschenko mit massiver Gewalt begegnete.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.