gefallen
[ɡəˈfalən]
The verdict
“gefallen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #904. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #904
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Krieg durch Feindeinwirkung gestorben
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefallen · gefallen · German
gefallen · rank #904 · 10 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #904
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH folgenden
Nearest frequency peer: folgenden (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gefallen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- europäischen
europäischen
99,100 corpus weight
- FC
FC
99,099 corpus weight
- folgenden
folgenden
99,098 corpus weight
- gefallen
gefallen
99,097 corpus weight
- Hälfte
Hälfte
99,096 corpus weight
- lag
lag
99,095 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gefallen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | gefallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfalən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gefallen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around gefallen (IPA [ɡəˈfalən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #904 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefallen, with forms such as "egfallen", "geafllen", and "gefaleln". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "gefällt", "gehalten", "gefangen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gefallen, spelled G-E-F-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Krieg durch Feindeinwirkung gestorben
- 2Ansehen, (gesellschaftlichen) Status verloren habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gefallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Gegensatz dazu hat Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj die ukrainischen Verluste seit Kriegsbeginn auf etwa 43.000 gefallene Soldaten und 370.000 Verletzte geschätzt.
„Gefallene Vorbilder werden nicht ohne Häme gern als gefallene Engel stilisiert.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfallen
- geafllen
- gefaleln
- gefalen
- gefallenn
- gefallne
- geffallen
- geflalen
- gfeallen
- ggefallen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefallen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gefallen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "gefallen" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gefällt". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #904 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.