gefährlichen
[ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçn̩]
The verdict
“gefährlichen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,475 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,475
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
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 | gefährlichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gefährlichen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gefährlichen is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,475 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefährlichen, with forms such as "egfährlichen", "geffährlichen", and "gefhärlichen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gefährlicher", "gefährliches", "gefährlichsten", 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 gefährlichen, spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-L-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egfährlichen,geffährlichen,gefhärlichen,gefähhrlichen,gefählrichen,gefährilchen,gefährlcihen,gefährlicchen,gefährlicehn,gefährlichenn,gefährlichhen,gefährlichne,gefährlihcen,gefährllichen,gefährrlichen,gefärhlichen,geäfhrlichen,gfeährlichen,ggefährlichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefährlichen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "gefährlichen"
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 “gefährlichen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-F-Ä-H-R-L-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gefährlicher” - see the side-by-side comparison. gefährlichen vs gefährlicher
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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