Gecko
[ˈɡɛko]
The verdict
“Gecko” is an uncommon German word, ranked #60,595 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,595
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Familie von kleinen bis mittelgroßen Kriechtieren aus der Unterordnung der Echsen, welche weltweit in den Tropen und Subtropen verbreitet ist.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gecko |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛko] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gecko” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gecko is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡɛko]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,595 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Familie von kleinen bis mittelgroßen Kriechtieren aus der Unterordnung der Echsen, welche weltweit in den Tropen und Subtropen verbreitet ist.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gecko, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gecko, spelled G-E-C-K-O.
Definition
- 1eine Familie von kleinen bis mittelgroßen Kriechtieren aus der Unterordnung der Echsen, welche weltweit in den Tropen und Subtropen verbreitet ist.
This word in other languages
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 “Gecko”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-C-K-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡɛko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.