gāja
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The verdict
“gāja” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs iet „gehen“
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gāja |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gāja” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gāja is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs iet „gehen“".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gāja in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gāja, spelled G-Ā-J-A.
Definition
- 13. Person Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs iet „gehen“
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.
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Using “gāja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-Ā-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.