Gefasel

[ɡəˈfaːzl̩]

/[ɡəˈfaːzl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gefasel” is uncommon German (frequency #61,525 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,525
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unsinniges, irrelevantes oder nerviges Gerede

Corpus desk

Index DE-gefasel · Gefasel · German

Gefasel · rank #61,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,525
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gedeckelt

Nearest frequency peer: gedeckelt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gefasel“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gefasel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gefasel
PropertyValue
HeadwordGefasel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈfaːzl̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,525
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gefasel“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gefaselfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gedeckelt“ (#61,524), „gefiederten“ (#61,526), „gebräunt“ (#61,523). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gefasel“ bei #61,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gefasel is uncommon German at frequency #61,525 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfaːzl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unsinniges, irrelevantes oder nerviges Gerede".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gefasel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gefasel, spelled G-E-F-A-S-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    unsinniges, irrelevantes oder nerviges Gerede

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gefasel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dabei kann ich nicht behaupten, solch Gefasel hätte in mir einen geistigen Aufstand entfacht.“
  2. „Er hatte sich jetzt warmgeredet, und sein Gefasel war so wohltuend wie das Kreischen eines Brettes, das im Sägewerk zersägt wurde.“

Synonyms

FaseleiGelaberGeschwafelGeschwätzGeseierGesumseGewäschSchwafeleiWischiwaschi

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 "Gefasel"?
"Gefasel" is spelled G-E-F-A-S-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfaːzl̩].
What does "Gefasel" mean?
As a noun, "Gefasel" means: unsinniges, irrelevantes oder nerviges Gerede
How do you pronounce "Gefasel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gefasel" is [ɡəˈfaːzl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gefasel" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gefasel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geliked#61,532genital#61,533Furchen#61,516getoppt#61,546

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list