garage

[ˈɡærɑːʒ]

/[ˈɡærɑːʒ]/ noun

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The verdict

“garage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,429
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebäude oder Räumlichkeit zur Unterbringung mindestens eines Kraftwagens

Corpus desk

Index DE-garage · garage · German

garage · rank #6,429 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,429
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH fühl

Nearest frequency peer: fühl (-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 „garage“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „garage“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

garage vs grade
67% similar
garage vs graue
67% similar
garage vs garde
67% similar

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

Key facts for garage
PropertyValue
Headwordgarage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡærɑːʒ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,429
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „garage“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).garageliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „fühl“ (#6,428), „gerd“ (#6,430), „Freundinnen“ (#6,427). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „garage“ bei #6,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around garage (IPA [ˈɡærɑːʒ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,429 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for garage, with forms such as "agrage", "gaarge", and "garaeg". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grade", "graue", "garde", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is garage, spelled G-A-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebäude oder Räumlichkeit zur Unterbringung mindestens eines Kraftwagens
  2. 2
    Werkstatt für Kraftwagen oder andere Kraftfahrzeuge
  3. 3
    britisch: Stätte des Einzelhandels mit Kraftstoff
  4. 4
    britisch: Etablissement des Einzelhandels mit Kraftwagen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how garage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Stop at the next garage. We need petrol.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrage
  • gaarge
  • garaeg
  • garagge
  • gargae
  • garrage
  • ggarage
  • graage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agrage2gaarge2garaeg2garagge1gargae2garrage1ggarage1graage2
Edit distance from "garage"

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 "garage"?
"garage" is spelled G-A-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡærɑːʒ].
What does "garage" mean?
As a noun, "garage" means: Gebäude oder Räumlichkeit zur Unterbringung mindestens eines Kraftwagens
What words are commonly confused with "garage"?
"garage" is commonly confused with "grade", "graue", "garde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garage" is [ˈɡærɑːʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garage" come from?
"garage" 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 "garage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

gültig#6,432Felsen#6,424erhebt#6,416Kasten#6,442

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

küssen8 variantsdrohen8 variantsdiente8 variantsBruch8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list