gefeit
[ɡəˈfaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“gefeit” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,672
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs feien
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefeit · gefeit · German
gefeit · rank #46,672 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,672
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geesthacht
Nearest frequency peer: Geesthacht (-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 „gefeit“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gedichts
Gedichts
53,332 corpus weight
- gedrungen
gedrungen
53,331 corpus weight
- Geesthacht
Geesthacht
53,330 corpus weight
- gefeit
gefeit
53,329 corpus weight
- Gehwege
Gehwege
53,328 corpus weight
- gekapert
gekapert
53,327 corpus weight
What this shows „gefeit“ 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 | gefeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gefeit“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around gefeit (IPA [ɡəˈfaɪ̯t]), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,672 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs feien".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefeit, with forms such as "egfeit", "geefit", and "gefeitt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gelegt", "gelebt", "gemein", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gefeit, spelled G-E-F-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs feien
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfeit
- geefit
- gefeitt
- gefeti
- geffeit
- gefiet
- gfeeit
- ggefeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefeit - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gefeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).