Gastspielen

[ˈɡastˌʃpiːlən]

/[ˈɡastˌʃpiːlən]/ noun

The verdict

“Gastspielen” is uncommon German (frequency #90,293 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,293
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gastspiel

Corpus desk

Index DE-gastspielen · Gastspielen · German

Gastspielen · rank #90,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,293
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gauche

Nearest frequency peer: gauche (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gastspielen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gastspielen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gastspielen
PropertyValue
HeadwordGastspielen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡastˌʃpiːlən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#90,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gastspielen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gastspielenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gauche“ (#90,294), „Gastgeberinnen“ (#90,291), „Gartentor“ (#90,290). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gastspielen“ bei #90,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gastspielen is uncommon German at frequency #90,293 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡastˌʃpiːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gastspiel".

Gastspielen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Gastspielen, spelled G-A-S-T-S-P-I-E-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gastspiel

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 "Gastspielen"?
"Gastspielen" is spelled G-A-S-T-S-P-I-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡastˌʃpiːlən].
What does "Gastspielen" mean?
As a noun, "Gastspielen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gastspiel
How do you pronounce "Gastspielen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gastspielen" is [ˈɡastˌʃpiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gastspielen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list