Gaze

[ˈɡaːzə]

/[ˈɡaːzə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gaze” is uncommon German (frequency #71,365 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,365
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein lockeres, durchsichtiges Gewebe

Corpus desk

Index DE-gaze · Gaze · German

Gaze · rank #71,365 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,365
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gauguin

Nearest frequency peer: Gauguin (-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 „Gaze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gaze
PropertyValue
HeadwordGaze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaːzə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#71,365
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaze“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gazefällt 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: „Gauguin“ (#71,364), „geballert“ (#71,366), „geballt“ (#71,367). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gaze“ bei #71,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gaze is uncommon German at frequency #71,365 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein lockeres, durchsichtiges Gewebe".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gaze, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gaze, spelled G-A-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein lockeres, durchsichtiges Gewebe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gaze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Pflanzen sind mit Gaze umhüllt.
  2. „Sie sah schöne, alte Möbel, Polstersessel, auf denen Bezüge lagen, einen Kristallüster, der in Gaze eingebunden war, und einige gute Bilder.“

This word in other languages

gauze(English)gasa(Español)gaze(Français)

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 "Gaze"?
"Gaze" is spelled G-A-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaːzə].
What does "Gaze" mean?
As a noun, "Gaze" means: ein lockeres, durchsichtiges Gewebe
How do you pronounce "Gaze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gaze" is [ˈɡaːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gaze" come from?
"Gaze" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gems#71,380harp#71,432hupt#71,463inte#71,478

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list