Gage

[ˈɡaːʒə]

/[ˈɡaːʒə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gage” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,312
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vergütung, die Künstler erhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-gage · Gage · German

Gage · rank #27,312 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,312
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fühler

Nearest frequency peer: Fühler (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Gage“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Gage“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Gage vs ge
50% similar
Gage vs GG
25% similar
Gage vs gar
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Gage
PropertyValue
HeadwordGage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaːʒə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#27,312
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gage“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gageliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Fühler“ (#27,311), „Gags“ (#27,313), „Furz“ (#27,310). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gage“ bei #27,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Gage (IPA [ˈɡaːʒə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,312 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vergütung, die Künstler erhalten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gage, with forms such as "agge", "gaeg", and "gagge". 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", "GG", "gar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gage, spelled G-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vergütung, die Künstler erhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Schauspieler spendeten ihre Gage an diesem Abend für einen wohltätigen Zweck.
  2. „Ich fand die Idee ziemlich pervers, dass echte syrische Kriegsflüchtlinge in Deutschland in einer amerikanischen Filmproduktion noch einmal ihre Vertreibung und Flucht, diesmal aber gegen Gage, nachspielten.“

This word in other languages

fee(English)sueldo(Español)cachet(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agge
  • gaeg
  • gagge
  • ggae
  • ggage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agge2gaeg2gagge1ggae2ggage1
Edit distance from "Gage"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gage"?
"Gage" is spelled G-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaːʒə].
What does "Gage" mean?
As a noun, "Gage" means: Vergütung, die Künstler erhalten
What words are commonly confused with "Gage"?
"Gage" is commonly confused with "ge", "GG", "gar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gage" is [ˈɡaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gage" come from?
"Gage" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gags#27,313Furz#27,310Fitz#27,296grub#27,333

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

fail5 variantsEgger5 variantsDoha5 variantsBora5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list