gefährden
[ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“gefährden” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,611
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Gefahr bringen oder überlassen
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 | gefährden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gefährden” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around gefährden (IPA [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,611 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in Gefahr bringen oder überlassen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefährden, with forms such as "egfährden", "geffährden", and "gefhärden". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gefahren", "gewähren", "Gefährte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gefährden, spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1in Gefahr bringen oder überlassen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfährden
- geffährden
- gefhärden
- gefähdren
- gefähhrden
- gefährdden
- gefährdenn
- gefährdne
- gefähredn
- gefährrden
- gefärhden
- geäfhrden
- gfeährden
- ggefährden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefährden - 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.
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Using “gefährden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-F-Ä-H-R-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯dn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gefahren” - see the side-by-side comparison. gefährden vs gefahren
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.