Gaue
[ɡaʊ̯ə]
The verdict
“Gaue” is uncommon German (frequency #79,182 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,182
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gau
Corpus desk
Index DE-gaue · Gaue · German
Gaue · rank #79,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,182
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gastritis
Nearest frequency peer: Gastritis (-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 „Gaue“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gangstern
Gangstern
20,823 corpus weight
- Gastritis
Gastritis
20,820 corpus weight
- Gaue
Gaue
20,819 corpus weight
- gebuchten
gebuchten
20,817 corpus weight
- gedämmt
gedämmt
20,816 corpus weight
- geeignetem
geeignetem
20,815 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gaue“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaue |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡaʊ̯ə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaue“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gaue is uncommon German at frequency #79,182 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡaʊ̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gaue in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gaue, spelled G-A-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gau
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gau
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gau
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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