gab
[ɡaːp]
The verdict
“gab” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #267) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #267
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-gab · gab · German
gab · rank #267 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #267
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Fall
Nearest frequency peer: Fall (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gab”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zusammen
zusammen
99,737 corpus weight
- einige
einige
99,736 corpus weight
- Fall
Fall
99,735 corpus weight
- gab
gab
99,734 corpus weight
- kannst
kannst
99,732 corpus weight
- sicher
sicher
99,731 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gab” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gab |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡaːp] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gab” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for gab is neighbouring look-alikes ("go", "ge", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ɡaːp]. Frequency #267 among 5,117 “G” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gab, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "go", "ge", "GG", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gab, spelled G-A-B.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs geben
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs geben
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gab", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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.