gedeckelt
[ɡəˈdɛkl̩t]
The verdict
“gedeckelt” is uncommon German (frequency #61,524 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,524
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs deckeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-gedeckelt · gedeckelt · German
gedeckelt · rank #61,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,524
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gebräunt
Nearest frequency peer: gebräunt (-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 “gedeckelt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geboxt
geboxt
38,480 corpus weight
- Gebrauchsge…
Gebrauchsgegenstände
38,479 corpus weight
- gebräunt
gebräunt
38,478 corpus weight
- gedeckelt
gedeckelt
38,477 corpus weight
- Gefasel
Gefasel
38,476 corpus weight
- gefiederten
gefiederten
38,475 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gedeckelt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gedeckelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈdɛkl̩t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gedeckelt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gedeckelt is uncommon German at frequency #61,524 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈdɛkl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs deckeln".
gedeckelt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gedeckelt, spelled G-E-D-E-C-K-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs deckeln
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.