Gebärden
[ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“Gebärden” is uncommon German (frequency #51,335 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,335
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gebärde
Corpus desk
Index DE-gebarden · Gebärden · German
Gebärden · rank #51,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,335
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geblickt
Nearest frequency peer: geblickt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gebärden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gastgebern
Gastgebern
48,669 corpus weight
- geblickt
geblickt
48,667 corpus weight
- Gebärden
Gebärden
48,666 corpus weight
- gechillt
gechillt
48,665 corpus weight
- gedenk
gedenk
48,664 corpus weight
- gefleckt
gefleckt
48,663 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gebärden” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gebärden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gebärden” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gebärden is uncommon German at frequency #51,335 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈbɛːɐ̯dn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Gebärden has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gebärden, spelled G-E-B-Ä-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gebärde
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gebärde
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gebärde
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gebärde
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gebärden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.