gefügig
[ɡəˈfyːɡɪç]
The verdict
“gefügig” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,901
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - sich einem von (autoritären) Personen ausgeübten Anspruch, Zwang, Befehl, derer Weisungen, Wünschen, Forderungen fügend, auf diesen einzugehen; (sich) unterordnend dies tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefugig · gefügig · German
gefügig · rank #43,901 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #43,901
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gefragte
Nearest frequency peer: gefragte (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gefügig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gebrauchs
Gebrauchs
56,104 corpus weight
- gefegt
gefegt
56,102 corpus weight
- gefragte
gefragte
56,101 corpus weight
- gefügig
gefügig
56,100 corpus weight
- Gegenfrage
Gegenfrage
56,099 corpus weight
- Gehirnzellen
Gehirnzellen
56,098 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gefügig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | gefügig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfyːɡɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gefügig” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around gefügig (IPA [ɡəˈfyːɡɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,901 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 gefügig, with forms such as "egfügig", "geffügig", and "gefgüig". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Gefüge", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gefügig, spelled G-E-F-Ü-G-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich einem von (autoritären) Personen ausgeübten Anspruch, Zwang, Befehl, derer Weisungen, Wünschen, Forderungen fügend, auf diesen einzugehen; (sich) unterordnend dies tun
- 2willkommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gefügig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach diesen unmissverständlichen Weisungen Eikes konnte man einen gefügigen Siegesmund erleben.
„Ein gefügiges Talent für Erzählung und Schilderung spricht sich in den „Tagebuch-Blättern“ aus, welche in von der gewöhnlichen Form etwas abweichenden, aber nicht übel sich ausnehmenden Terzinen geschrieben sind.“ (1845)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfügig
- geffügig
- gefgüig
- gefüggi
- gefüggig
- gefügigg
- gefüigg
- geüfgig
- gfeügig
- ggefügig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gefügig - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gefügig", 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).
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.