Gefangenschaft
[ɡəˈfaŋənʃaft]
The verdict
“Gefangenschaft” has 23 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,919. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,919
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand, in dem jemand oder etwas gefangen gehalten wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gefangenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfaŋənʃaft] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #12,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gefangenschaft” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around Gefangenschaft (IPA [ɡəˈfaŋənʃaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,919 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Zustand, in dem jemand oder etwas gefangen gehalten wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gefangenschaft, with forms such as "egfangenschaft", "geafngenschaft", and "gefagnenschaft". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gefangenschaft, spelled G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand, in dem jemand oder etwas gefangen gehalten wird
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfangenschaft
- geafngenschaft
- gefagnenschaft
- gefanegnschaft
- gefangencshaft
- gefangennschaft
- gefangenscahft
- gefangenscchaft
- gefangenschafft
- gefangenschaftt
- gefangenschatf
- gefangenschfat
- gefangenschhaft
- gefangenshcaft
- gefangensschaft
- gefangesnchaft
- gefanggenschaft
- gefangneschaft
- gefanngenschaft
- geffangenschaft
- gefnagenschaft
- gfeangenschaft
- ggefangenschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gefangenschaft - 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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Using “Gefangenschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈfaŋənʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.