Gaucks

[ɡaʊ̯ks]

/[ɡaʊ̯ks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gaucks” is uncommon German (frequency #88,965 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,965
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gauck

Corpus desk

Index DE-gaucks · Gaucks · German

Gaucks · rank #88,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,965
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gasturbinen

Nearest frequency peer: Gasturbinen (-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 „Gaucks“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gaucks
PropertyValue
HeadwordGaucks
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡaʊ̯ks]
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,965
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaucks“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gasturbinen“ (#88,964), „geballter“ (#88,966), „Gasherd“ (#88,963). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gaucks“ bei #88,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gaucks is uncommon German at frequency #88,965 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʊ̯ks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Gaucks has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Gaucks, spelled G-A-U-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gauck
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gauck
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gauck
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gauck
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gauck

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 "Gaucks"?
"Gaucks" is spelled G-A-U-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡaʊ̯ks].
What does "Gaucks" mean?
As a noun, "Gaucks" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gauck
How do you pronounce "Gaucks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gaucks" is [ɡaʊ̯ks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gaucks" come from?
"Gaucks" 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 "Gaucks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

habits#89,037hasten#89,048Hausse#89,057erahnt#88,868

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list