Gasherd
[ˈɡaːsˌheːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Gasherd” is uncommon German (frequency #88,963 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,963
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herd, bei dem die Erhitzung durch eine Gasflamme entsteht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gasherd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaːsˌheːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gasherd” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gasherd is uncommon German at frequency #88,963 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaːsˌheːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herd, bei dem die Erhitzung durch eine Gasflamme entsteht".
Gasherd doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gasherd, spelled G-A-S-H-E-R-D.
Definition
- 1Herd, bei dem die Erhitzung durch eine Gasflamme entsteht
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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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Using “Gasherd”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-A-S-H-E-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.