Gabe
[ˈɡaːbə]
The verdict
“Gabe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,764
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Begabung/Talent, wie zum Beispiel Genialität oder Sportlichkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-gabe · Gabe · German
Gabe · rank #7,764 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,764
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH fraglich
Nearest frequency peer: fraglich (-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 “Gabe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fickt
fickt
92,240 corpus weight
- folglich
folglich
92,239 corpus weight
- fraglich
fraglich
92,238 corpus weight
- Gabe
Gabe
92,237 corpus weight
- gekündigt
gekündigt
92,236 corpus weight
- geltenden
geltenden
92,235 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gabe” 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 | Gabe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaːbə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gabe” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Gabe (IPA [ˈɡaːbə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,764 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gabe, with forms such as "agbe", "gabbe", and "gaeb". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ge", "GB", "gar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 German form is Gabe, spelled G-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Begabung/Talent, wie zum Beispiel Genialität oder Sportlichkeit
- 2Geschenk oder Spende
- 3das Geben eines Medikaments
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mozart hatte eine besondere Gabe für Musik.
„Man definiert ihn als ein beonderes Unterscheidungsvermögen, als eine schnelle Urteilsfähigkeit, als die Gabe, gewisse Zusammenhänge gesondert zu betrachten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agbe
- gabbe
- gaeb
- gbae
- ggabe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gabe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 3, 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 "Gabe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Gabe". Here's where to go from here.
- "Gabe" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ge". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,764 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.