gefreut
[ɡəˈfʁɔɪ̯t]
The verdict
“gefreut” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,174 in German word frequency and used as an unknown.
- #5,174
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt von freuen
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 | gefreut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfʁɔɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gefreut” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gefreut is 7 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈfʁɔɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,174 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt von freuen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gefreut, with forms such as "egfreut", "geferut", and "geffreut". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "getreu", "getraut", "gestreut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gefreut, spelled G-E-F-R-E-U-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt von freuen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egfreut,geferut,geffreut,gefretu,gefreutt,gefrreut,gefruet,gerfeut,gfereut,ggefreut
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefreut - 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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Using “gefreut”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-F-R-E-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈfʁɔɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “getreu” - see the side-by-side comparison. gefreut vs getreu
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.