gasen
[ˈɡaːzn̩]
The verdict
“gasen” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,952
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gas verlieren, freisetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gasen · gasen · German
gasen · rank #39,952 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,952
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ganzheitlichen
Nearest frequency peer: ganzheitlichen (-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 „gasen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gallien
Gallien
60,052 corpus weight
- Gambia
Gambia
60,051 corpus weight
- ganzheitlic…
ganzheitlichen
60,050 corpus weight
- gasen
gasen
60,049 corpus weight
- Gaspedal
Gaspedal
60,048 corpus weight
- Gebrüll
Gebrüll
60,046 corpus weight
What this shows „gasen“ 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 | gasen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡaːzn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gasen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around gasen (IPA [ˈɡaːzn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,952 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gasen, with forms such as "agsen", "gaesn", and "gasenn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gen", "Gast", "gate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gasen, spelled G-A-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gas verlieren, freisetzen
- 2Darmgase entweichen lassen
- 3sich sehr schnell bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gasen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es kann auch von beiden Seiten heiß geblasen bzw. gegast und das Kokereigas an den verschiedensten Stellen eingeblasen werden.
Bei richtiger Ladestromstärke setzt das Gasen ein, wenn die Umwandlung der Platten fast beendet ist und der Ladestrom beginnt, das Wasser des Elektrolyten zu zersetzen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agsen
- gaesn
- gasenn
- gasne
- ggasen
- gsaen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gasen - 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 "gasen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).