Gans
[ɡans]
The verdict
“Gans” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,997
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine ganze Reihe von nicht unmittelbar verwandten Gattungen der Gänsevögel (Halslänge zwischen Ente und Schwan, Beine nicht ganz so kurz wie bei den Enten)
Corpus desk
Index DE-gans · Gans · German
Gans · rank #16,997 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,997
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Galaxie
Nearest frequency peer: Galaxie (-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 “Gans”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fragmente
Fragmente
83,007 corpus weight
- freedom
freedom
83,006 corpus weight
- Galaxie
Galaxie
83,005 corpus weight
- Gans
Gans
83,004 corpus weight
- gebastelt
gebastelt
83,003 corpus weight
- geduldet
geduldet
83,002 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gans” 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 | Gans |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡans] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Gans” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Gans (IPA [ɡans]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,997 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gans, with forms such as "agns", "ganns", and "ganss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gs", "gar", "Gas", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gans, spelled G-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1eine ganze Reihe von nicht unmittelbar verwandten Gattungen der Gänsevögel (Halslänge zwischen Ente und Schwan, Beine nicht ganz so kurz wie bei den Enten)
- 2Unterfamilie der Entenvögel
- 3die Hausgans (Anser anserf.domestica)
- 4weibliche Gans
- 5weibliche Person, Frau oder Mädchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In China gilt die Gans als Symbol ehelicher Treue.
„Die Kinder waren verschwunden, und selbst die Gänse hatten das Weite gesucht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agns
- ganns
- ganss
- gasn
- ggans
- gnas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gans - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Gans", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Gans" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gs". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,997 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.