gefährlicher
[ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçɐ]
The verdict
“gefährlicher” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,476
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefahrlicher · gefährlicher · German
gefährlicher · rank #7,476 · 19 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,476
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gefährlichen
Nearest frequency peer: gefährlichen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „gefährlicher“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- geehrt
geehrt
92,527 corpus weight
- gefährlichen
gefährlichen
92,526 corpus weight
- gefährlicher
gefährlicher
92,525 corpus weight
- gesendet
gesendet
92,524 corpus weight
- gewaltig
gewaltig
92,523 corpus weight
- gleiches
gleiches
92,522 corpus weight
What this shows „gefährlicher“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | gefährlicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gefährlicher“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around gefährlicher (IPA [ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪçɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,476 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefährlicher, with forms such as "egfährlicher", "geffährlicher", and "gefhärlicher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gefährliches", "gefährlich", "gefährliche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gefährlicher, spelled G-E-F-Ä-H-R-L-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefährlich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfährlicher
- geffährlicher
- gefhärlicher
- gefähhrlicher
- gefählricher
- gefährilcher
- gefährlciher
- gefährliccher
- gefährlicehr
- gefährlicherr
- gefährlichher
- gefährlichre
- gefährlihcer
- gefährllicher
- gefährrlicher
- gefärhlicher
- geäfhrlicher
- gfeährlicher
- ggefährlicher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefährlicher - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gefährlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).