Geburtstagen
[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Geburtstagen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,955
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geburtstag
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 | Geburtstagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #45,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geburtstagen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Geburtstagen (IPA [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːɡn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,955 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geburtstag".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geburtstagen, with forms such as "egburtstagen", "gbeurtstagen", and "gebburtstagen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Geburtstags", "Geburtstages", "Geburtstag", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Geburtstagen, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-T-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geburtstag
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egburtstagen,gbeurtstagen,gebburtstagen,gebrutstagen,geburrtstagen,gebursttagen,geburtsatgen,geburtsstagen,geburtstaegn,geburtstagenn,geburtstaggen,geburtstagne,geburtstgaen,geburtsttagen,geburttsagen,geburttstagen,gebutrstagen,geubrtstagen,ggeburtstagen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geburtstagen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Geburtstagen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-B-U-R-T-S-T-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌtaːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Geburtstags” - see the side-by-side comparison. Geburtstagen vs Geburtstags
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.