gefasste

Name: gefasste, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡəˈfastə]

/[ɡəˈfastə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gefasste” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,066
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst

Corpus desk

Index DE-gefasste · gefasste · German

gefasste · rank #33,066 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,066
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH Gedenkfeier

Nearest frequency peer: Gedenkfeier (-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.

gebumst

66,938
Geburtsurku…

66,937
Gedenkfeier

66,936
gefasste

66,935
Gefolgschaft

66,934
geformte

66,933

What this shows „gefasste“ 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).

gefasste vs gepasst

75% similar

gefasste vs gehasst

75% similar

gefasste vs gefassten

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gefasste
Property	Value
Headword	gefasste
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɡəˈfastə]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#33,066
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gefasste“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gefassteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#33,066

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Gedenkfeier“ (#33,065), „Gefolgschaft“ (#33,067), „Geburtsurkunde“ (#33,064). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gefasste“ bei #33,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around gefasste (IPA [ɡəˈfastə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,066 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefasste, with forms such as "egfasste", "geafsste", and "gefasset". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gepasst", "gehasst", "gefassten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gefasste, spelled G-E-F-A-S-S-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egfasste
geafsste
gefasset
gefasstte
gefaste
gefastse
gefaßte
geffasste
gefsaste
gfeasste
ggefasste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefasste - 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.

Edit distance from "gefasste"

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 "gefasste"?

"gefasste" is spelled G-E-F-A-S-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈfastə].

What does "gefasste" mean?

As an adjective, "gefasste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gefasst

What words are commonly confused with "gefasste"?

"gefasste" is commonly confused with "gepasst", "gehasst", "gefassten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gefasste"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gefasste" is [ɡəˈfastə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gefasste" come from?

"gefasste" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geformte#33,068 geballte#33,062 Gardinen#33,060 gehorcht#33,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

gebumst11 variants Fresken11 variants gipfeln11 variants fighter11 variants