gegangen

[ɡəˈɡaŋən]

/[ɡəˈɡaŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“gegangen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,181
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gegangen · gegangen · German

gegangen · rank #1,181 · 12 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,181
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH erstmals

Nearest frequency peer: erstmals (-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 „gegangen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gegangen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gegangen vs Gesänge
50% similar
gegangen vs gelangen
88% similar
gegangen vs gelungen
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gegangen
PropertyValue
Headwordgegangen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈɡaŋən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,181
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gegangen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gegangenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „erstmals“ (#1,180), „getan“ (#1,182), „en“ (#1,179). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gegangen“ bei #1,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gegangen (IPA [ɡəˈɡaŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,181 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gegangen, with forms such as "eggangen", "geagngen", and "gegagnen". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Gesänge", "gelangen", "gelungen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gegangen, spelled G-E-G-A-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eggangen
  • geagngen
  • gegagnen
  • geganegn
  • gegangenn
  • geganggen
  • gegangne
  • geganngen
  • geggangen
  • gegnagen
  • ggeangen
  • ggegangen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gegangen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eggangen2geagngen2gegagnen2geganegn2gegangenn1geganggen1gegangne2geganngen1
Edit distance from "gegangen"

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 "gegangen"?
"gegangen" is spelled G-E-G-A-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈɡaŋən].
What does "gegangen" mean?
As a verb, "gegangen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs gehen
What words are commonly confused with "gegangen"?
"gegangen" is commonly confused with "Gesänge", "gelangen", "gelungen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gegangen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gegangen" is [ɡəˈɡaŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gegangen" come from?
"gegangen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

erstmals#1,180befindet#1,177wichtige#1,173heutigen#1,200

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Leistung12 variantsmehreren12 variantsversuche12 variantsverkauft12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list