Gefälle
[ɡəˈfɛlə]
The verdict
“Gefälle” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,228
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Grad der Neigung einer Straße oder eines Geländes
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 | Gefälle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfɛlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gefälle” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Gefälle (IPA [ɡəˈfɛlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,228 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gefälle, with forms such as "egfälle", "geffälle", and "gefläle". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "gefällt", "Gefühle", "gefüllt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gefälle, spelled G-E-F-Ä-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1der Grad der Neigung einer Straße oder eines Geländes
- 2ein sich von einem höheren zu einem niederen Wert bewegender Unterschied in einer qualitativen oder quantitativen Messgröße
- 3der Hang, die Neigung oder die Tendenz zu einem bestimmten Verhalten
- 4fälliger Zins - obrigkeitliche, kirchliche oder gerichtliche Erträge, Einkünfte oder Abgaben (Mittelalter bis Ende 19. Jahrhundert)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfälle
- geffälle
- gefläle
- gefäle
- gefälel
- geäflle
- gfeälle
- ggefälle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gefälle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Gefälle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-F-Ä-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈfɛlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gefällt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gefälle vs gefällt
- 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.