gefleckt

[ɡəˈflɛkt]

/[ɡəˈflɛkt]/ adj

The verdict

“gefleckt” is uncommon German (frequency #51,338 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,338
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Fell oder Stoff größere unregelmäßige Punkte oder (zum Beispiel bei Kühen) Flächen aufweisend

Corpus desk

Index DE-gefleckt · gefleckt · German

gefleckt · rank #51,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,338
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gedenk

Nearest frequency peer: gedenk (-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 „gefleckt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gefleckt
PropertyValue
Headwordgefleckt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈflɛkt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,338
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gefleckt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.geflecktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gedenk“ (#51,337), „gechillt“ (#51,336), „gehandelten“ (#51,340). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gefleckt“ bei #51,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gefleckt is uncommon German at frequency #51,338 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈflɛkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Fell oder Stoff größere unregelmäßige Punkte oder (zum Beispiel bei Kühen) Flächen aufweisend".

No misspelling variants are generated for gefleckt in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gefleckt, spelled G-E-F-L-E-C-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf Fell oder Stoff größere unregelmäßige Punkte oder (zum Beispiel bei Kühen) Flächen aufweisend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gefleckt an der Brust ließ sich der Vogel eindeutig als Singdrossel identifizieren.
  2. Wegen ihrer Allergie war ihre Haut im Gesicht ganz rötlich gefleckt.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "gefleckt"?
"gefleckt" is spelled G-E-F-L-E-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈflɛkt].
What does "gefleckt" mean?
As an adjective, "gefleckt" means: auf Fell oder Stoff größere unregelmäßige Punkte oder (zum Beispiel bei Kühen) Flächen aufweisend
How do you pronounce "gefleckt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gefleckt" is [ɡəˈflɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gefleckt" come from?
"gefleckt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list