Gefühlen
[ɡəˈfyːlən]
The verdict
“Gefühlen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,719
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gefühl
Corpus desk
Index DE-gefuhlen · Gefühlen · German
Gefühlen · rank #8,719 · 12 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,719
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gebühr
Nearest frequency peer: Gebühr (-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 “Gefühlen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gebot
Gebot
91,284 corpus weight
- Gebühr
Gebühr
91,283 corpus weight
- Gefühlen
Gefühlen
91,282 corpus weight
- gesamt
gesamt
91,281 corpus weight
- Geschäften
Geschäften
91,280 corpus weight
- Gläubigen
Gläubigen
91,279 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gefühlen” 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 | Gefühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfyːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Gefühlen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gefühlen (IPA [ɡəˈfyːlən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,719 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gefühl".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gefühlen, with forms such as "egfühlen", "geffühlen", and "gefhülen". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "gefühlt", "Gefühls", "gefunden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Gefühlen, spelled G-E-F-Ü-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gefühl
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egfühlen
- geffühlen
- gefhülen
- gefüheln
- gefühhlen
- gefühlenn
- gefühllen
- gefühlne
- gefülhen
- geüfhlen
- gfeühlen
- ggefühlen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gefühlen - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gefühlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Gefühlen". Here's where to go from here.
- "Gefühlen" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gefühlt". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,719 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.