Gefangene
[ɡəˈfaŋənə]
The verdict
“Gefangene” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,028
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die gefangen ist, sich also nicht frei bewegen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefangene · Gefangene · German
Gefangene · rank #9,028 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,028
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Future
Nearest frequency peer: Future (-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 „Gefangene“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- früherer
früherer
90,976 corpus weight
- fucking
fucking
90,975 corpus weight
- Future
Future
90,974 corpus weight
- Gefangene
Gefangene
90,973 corpus weight
- Geistes
Geistes
90,972 corpus weight
- Gerichtshof
Gerichtshof
90,971 corpus weight
What this shows „Gefangene“ 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 | Gefangene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfaŋənə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gefangene“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gefangene (IPA [ɡəˈfaŋənə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,028 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "weibliche Person, die gefangen ist, sich also nicht frei bewegen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gefangene, with forms such as "egfangene", "geafngene", and "gefagnene". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "gegangen", "gelangen", "gehangen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gefangene, spelled G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die gefangen ist, sich also nicht frei bewegen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gefangene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Gefangene in den Vereinigten Staaten hat bei minderschweren Vergehen zuweilen die Möglichkeit, ein Bootcamp zu absolvieren, um so Hafterleichterung oder -verkürzung zu erwirken.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfangene
- geafngene
- gefagnene
- gefanegne
- gefangeen
- gefanggene
- gefangnee
- gefanngene
- geffangene
- gefnagene
- gfeangene
- ggefangene
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gefangene - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Gefangene"?
What does "Gefangene" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Gefangene"?
How do you pronounce "Gefangene"?
What language does "Gefangene" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gefangene", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).