Gangster
[ˈɡɛŋstɐ]
The verdict
“Gangster” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,144
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
Corpus desk
Index DE-gangster · Gangster · German
Gangster · rank #13,144 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,144
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gehoben
Nearest frequency peer: gehoben (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Gangster“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- freiwilliger
freiwilliger
86,860 corpus weight
- Friede
Friede
86,859 corpus weight
- Gangster
Gangster
86,857 corpus weight
- gehoben
gehoben
86,856 corpus weight
- Gehälter
Gehälter
86,855 corpus weight
- gelangten
gelangten
86,854 corpus weight
What this shows „Gangster“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Gangster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛŋstɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gangster“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Gangster (IPA [ˈɡɛŋstɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,144 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gangster, with forms such as "agngster", "gagnster", and "ganggster". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ganser", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Gangster, spelled G-A-N-G-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mitglied einer Verbrecherbande
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gangster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Gangster verschiedener Gangs bekriegen sich untereinander.
„Sie sammeln monatelang Beweismaterial und überwachen die Gangster.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agngster
- gagnster
- ganggster
- gangsetr
- gangsster
- gangsterr
- gangstre
- gangstter
- gangtser
- ganngster
- gansgter
- ggangster
- gnagster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gangster - 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 "Gangster", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).