ged
[ɡɛd]
The verdict
“ged” is uncommon German (frequency #78,004 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,004
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - länglicher Raubfisch des Süßwassers, mit langem Kopf und starken Zähnen; Hecht
Corpus desk
Index DE-ged · ged · German
ged · rank #78,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,004
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gearbeiteten
Nearest frequency peer: gearbeiteten (-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 „ged“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- GBl
GBl
21,999 corpus weight
- gearbeiteten
gearbeiteten
21,998 corpus weight
- ged
ged
21,997 corpus weight
- Gedankenspi…
Gedankenspiel
21,996 corpus weight
- geduldigen
geduldigen
21,995 corpus weight
- gefestigte
gefestigte
21,994 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ged“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ged |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡɛd] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #78,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ged“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ged is uncommon German at frequency #78,004 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɛd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "länglicher Raubfisch des Süßwassers, mit langem Kopf und starken Zähnen; Hecht".
No misspelling variants are generated for ged in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ged, spelled G-E-D.
Definition
- 1länglicher Raubfisch des Süßwassers, mit langem Kopf und starken Zähnen; Hecht
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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