Gebieten
[ɡəˈbiːtn̩]
The verdict
“Gebieten” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,887 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,887
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gebiet
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gebieten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbiːtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gebieten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gebieten is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈbiːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,887 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gebiet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gebieten, with forms such as "egbieten", "gbeieten", and "gebbieten". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "geboten", "Gebiets", "getreten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gebieten, spelled G-E-B-I-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gebiet
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egbieten,gbeieten,gebbieten,gebeiten,gebieetn,gebietenn,gebietne,gebietten,gebiteen,geibeten,ggebieten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gebieten - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Gebieten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-B-I-E-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈbiːtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “geboten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gebieten vs geboten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.