gam
[ɡeːm]
The verdict
“gam” is uncommon German (frequency #77,997 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,997
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gamen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gam · gam · German
gam · rank #77,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,997
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Galionsfigur
Nearest frequency peer: Galionsfigur (-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 „gam“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- füllst
füllst
22,007 corpus weight
- Galeristen
Galeristen
22,006 corpus weight
- Galionsfigur
Galionsfigur
22,005 corpus weight
- gam
gam
22,004 corpus weight
- gams
gams
22,003 corpus weight
- Garnisonkir…
Garnisonkirche
22,002 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡeːm] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gam is uncommon German at frequency #77,997 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡeːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gam in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 gam, spelled G-A-M.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gamen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gamen
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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