gängigen
[ˈɡɛŋɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“gängigen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,388
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
Corpus desk
Index DE-gangigen · gängigen · German
gängigen · rank #13,388 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gruppierung
Nearest frequency peer: Gruppierung (-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 “gängigen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gleichem
gleichem
86,616 corpus weight
- gran
gran
86,615 corpus weight
- Gruppierung
Gruppierung
86,614 corpus weight
- gängigen
gängigen
86,613 corpus weight
- Hai
Hai
86,612 corpus weight
- Hansen
Hansen
86,611 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gängigen” 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 | gängigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛŋɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “gängigen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around gängigen (IPA [ˈɡɛŋɪɡn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,388 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gängigen, with forms such as "ggängigen", "gnägigen", and "gägnigen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Gängen", "gängige", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gängigen, spelled G-Ä-N-G-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gängig
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggängigen
- gnägigen
- gägnigen
- gänggien
- gänggigen
- gängiegn
- gängigenn
- gängiggen
- gängigne
- gäniggen
- gänngigen
- ägngigen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gängigen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gängigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "gängigen". Here's where to go from here.
- "gängigen" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Gängen". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,388 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.