geeignet

/[ɡəˈʔaɪ̯ɡnət]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,499

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

geeignet is anGermanadj. It means: benötigte Eigenschaften oder Fähigkeiten für einen Einsatz, eine Funktion besitzend; sich eignend; gut für etwas; für/zu etwas bestimmt Pronounced [ɡəˈʔaɪ̯ɡnət]. It ranks #2,499 in German word frequency. Often confused with gesegnet and geregnet.

Key facts for geeignet
PropertyValue
Headwordgeeignet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈʔaɪ̯ɡnət]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,499
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of geeignet in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for geeignet is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʔaɪ̯ɡnət]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,499 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "benötigte Eigenschaften oder Fähigkeiten für einen Einsatz, eine Funktion besitzend; sich eignend; gut für etwas; für/zu etwas bestimmt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for geeignet, with forms such as "egeignet", "geeginet", and "geeigent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gesegnet", "geregnet", "geeignete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is geeignet, spelled G-E-E-I-G-N-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    benötigte Eigenschaften oder Fähigkeiten für einen Einsatz, eine Funktion besitzend; sich eignend; gut für etwas; für/zu etwas bestimmt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egeignet,geeginet,geeigent,geeiggnet,geeignett,geeignnet,geeignte,geeinget,geiegnet,geignet,ggeeignet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for geeignet

Misspelling Variants of "geeignet"

egeignet8geeginet8geeigent8geeiggnet9geeignett9geeignnet9geeignte8geeinget8
Misspelling Variants of "geeignet"

Frequency rank: #2,499 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geeignet"?
"geeignet" is spelled G-E-E-I-G-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʔaɪ̯ɡnət].
What does "geeignet" mean?
As an adj, "geeignet" means: benötigte Eigenschaften oder Fähigkeiten für einen Einsatz, eine Funktion besitzend; sich eignend; gut für etwas; für/zu etwas bestimmt
What words are commonly confused with "geeignet"?
"geeignet" is commonly confused with "gesegnet", "geregnet", "geeignete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geeignet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geeignet" is [ɡəˈʔaɪ̯ɡnət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geeignet" come from?
"geeignet" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.