ganzer

Name: ganzer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈɡant͡sɐ]

/[ˈɡant͡sɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ganzer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,176
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz

Corpus desk

Index DE-ganzer · ganzer · German

ganzer · rank #7,176 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,176
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH Futter

Nearest frequency peer: Futter (-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.

fortgesetzt

92,828
fusion

92,827
Futter

92,826
ganzer

92,825
gedruckt

92,824
geeignete

92,823

What this shows „ganzer“ 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).

ganzer vs ganzes

83% similar

ganzer vs Günter

50% similar

ganzer vs gender

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ganzer
Property	Value
Headword	ganzer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈɡant͡sɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#7,176
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ganzer“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ganzerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#7,176

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Futter“ (#7,175), „gedruckt“ (#7,177), „fusion“ (#7,174). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „ganzer“ bei #7,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ganzer (IPA [ˈɡant͡sɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,176 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ganzer, with forms such as "agnzer", "ganezr", and "gannzer". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ganzes", "Günter", "gender", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 ganzer, spelled G-A-N-Z-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agnzer
ganezr
gannzer
ganzerr
ganzre
ganzzer
gazner
gganzer
gnazer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ganzer - 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.

Edit distance from "ganzer"

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 "ganzer"?

"ganzer" is spelled G-A-N-Z-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡant͡sɐ].

What does "ganzer" mean?

As an adjective, "ganzer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ganz

What words are commonly confused with "ganzer"?

"ganzer" is commonly confused with "ganzes", "Günter", "gender". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ganzer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ganzer" is [ˈɡant͡sɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ganzer" come from?

"ganzer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Futter#7,175 fusion#7,174 Einzel#7,164 hinauf#7,189

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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