Gedanke
[ɡəˈdaŋkə]
The verdict
“Gedanke” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,189
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang des Denkens
Corpus desk
Index DE-gedanke · Gedanke · German
Gedanke · rank #3,189 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,189
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gebeten
Nearest frequency peer: gebeten (-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 “Gedanke”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Flasche
Flasche
96,815 corpus weight
- Format
Format
96,814 corpus weight
- gebeten
gebeten
96,813 corpus weight
- Gedanke
Gedanke
96,812 corpus weight
- gehts
gehts
96,811 corpus weight
- gelangen
gelangen
96,810 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gedanke” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Gedanke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈdaŋkə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gedanke” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gedanke (IPA [ɡəˈdaŋkə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,189 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gedanke, with forms such as "egdanke", "gdeanke", and "geadnke". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Gelände", "Gelenke", "gedenkt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gedanke, spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E.
Definition
- 1Vorgang des Denkens
- 2eine Erkenntnis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gedanke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es bleibet dabei, die Gedanken sind frei!“ - Volkslied
„Er ruderte und paddelte wieder voller Angst und Ekel und mit dem vielen Alkohol im Blut, schnaufend und stöhnend und ohne klaren Gedanken als nur: fort von hier.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egdanke
- gdeanke
- geadnke
- gedakne
- gedanek
- gedankke
- gedannke
- geddanke
- gednake
- ggedanke
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gedanke - 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.
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 September 3, 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 "Gedanke", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Gedanke" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Gelände". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,189 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.