Gefolge
[ɡəˈfɔlɡə]
The verdict
“Gefolge” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,297
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gruppe von Personen, die sich einer wichtigen Persönlichkeit anschließen und dieser dienen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefolge · Gefolge · German
Gefolge · rank #17,297 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,297
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gegenwärtige
Nearest frequency peer: gegenwärtige (+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 „Gefolge“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Forschern
Forschern
82,707 corpus weight
- Füchse
Füchse
82,706 corpus weight
- Gefolge
Gefolge
82,704 corpus weight
- gegenwärtige
gegenwärtige
82,703 corpus weight
- gehindert
gehindert
82,702 corpus weight
- gelenkt
gelenkt
82,701 corpus weight
What this shows „Gefolge“ 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 | Gefolge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfɔlɡə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gefolge“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gefolge (IPA [ɡəˈfɔlɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,297 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gefolge, with forms such as "egfolge", "geffolge", and "gefloge". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "George", "Gefüge", "gefolgt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gefolge, spelled G-E-F-O-L-G-E.
Definition
- 1eine Gruppe von Personen, die sich einer wichtigen Persönlichkeit anschließen und dieser dienen
- 2eine Folge, Konsequenz eines anderen Ereignisses
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gefolge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der König ist immer mit Gefolge gereist.
Für den Kaiser und dessen Gefolge ist eine tempelartige Loge reserviert.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfolge
- geffolge
- gefloge
- gefogle
- gefoleg
- gefolgge
- gefollge
- geoflge
- gfeolge
- ggefolge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gefolge - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Gefolge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).