gängigsten

[ˈɡɛŋɪçstn̩]

/[ˈɡɛŋɪçstn̩]/ adj

The verdict

“gängigsten” is uncommon German (frequency #79,264 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,264
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig

Corpus desk

Index DE-gangigsten · gängigsten · German

gängigsten · rank #79,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,264
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guadeloupe

Nearest frequency peer: Guadeloupe (-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 „gängigsten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gängigsten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gängigsten
PropertyValue
Headwordgängigsten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡɛŋɪçstn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gängigsten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gängigstenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Guadeloupe“ (#79,263), „Hadith“ (#79,266), „gröbere“ (#79,261). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gängigsten“ bei #79,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gängigsten is uncommon German at frequency #79,264 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡɛŋɪçstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gängigsten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gängigsten, spelled G-Ä-N-G-I-G-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gängigsten"?
"gängigsten" is spelled G-Ä-N-G-I-G-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛŋɪçstn̩].
What does "gängigsten" mean?
As an adjective, "gängigsten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Superlativs des Adjektivs gängig
How do you pronounce "gängigsten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gängigsten" is [ˈɡɛŋɪçstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gängigsten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list