Gamma
[ˈɡama]
The verdict
“Gamma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,021
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Name des dritten griechischen Buchstabens (Majuskel: Γ, Minuskel: γ)
Corpus desk
Index DE-gamma · Gamma · German
Gamma · rank #26,021 · 5 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,021
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gebrochene
Nearest frequency peer: gebrochene (+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 “Gamma”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Friedhöfe
Friedhöfe
73,984 corpus weight
- friedliches
friedliches
73,983 corpus weight
- Gamma
Gamma
73,980 corpus weight
- gebrochene
gebrochene
73,979 corpus weight
- Gehege
Gehege
73,978 corpus weight
- gehörende
gehörende
73,977 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gamma” 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 | Gamma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡama] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Gamma” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Gamma (IPA [ˈɡama]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,021 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gamma, with forms such as "agmma", "gama", and "gamam". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Gaza", "GEMA", "Gramm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gamma, spelled G-A-M-M-A.
Definition
- 1Name des dritten griechischen Buchstabens (Majuskel: Γ, Minuskel: γ)
- 2veraltete Einheit der magnetischen Flussdichte (Einheitenzeichen γ)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gamma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das altgriechische Gamma „Γ“ wurde im 10. Jahrhundert in Ostbulgarien in die kyrillische Schrift als „Г“ (ge oder he) übernommen.
Das Gamma (Einheitenzeichen γ) war bis zum 4. Juni 1970 gemeinsam mit der Einheit Gauß gültige Einheit der magnetischen Flussdichte im Gaußschen CGS-System.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agmma
- gama
- gamam
- ggamma
- gmama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gamma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Gamma" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Gaza". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,021 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
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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.