gain
[ɡeɪn]
The verdict
“gain” is uncommon German (frequency #57,005 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,005
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewinn, Ertrag
Corpus desk
Index DE-gain · gain · German
gain · rank #57,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,005
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ganztags
Nearest frequency peer: ganztags (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „gain“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fünfeinhalb
fünfeinhalb
43,000 corpus weight
- fürwahr
fürwahr
42,998 corpus weight
- gain
gain
42,996 corpus weight
- ganztags
ganztags
42,995 corpus weight
- garrison
garrison
42,994 corpus weight
- Gaskammer
Gaskammer
42,993 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gain“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gain |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡeɪn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gain“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gain is uncommon German at frequency #57,005 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡeɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gewinn, Ertrag".
No misspelling variants are generated for gain in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gain, spelled G-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Gewinn, Ertrag
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.
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