gegeben
[ɡəˈɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“gegeben” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #553
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-gegeben · gegeben · German
gegeben · rank #553 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #553
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH bevor
Nearest frequency peer: bevor (-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 „gegeben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- passiert
passiert
99,451 corpus weight
- Österreich
Österreich
99,450 corpus weight
- bevor
bevor
99,449 corpus weight
- gegeben
gegeben
99,448 corpus weight
- Hamburg
Hamburg
99,447 corpus weight
- jedem
jedem
99,446 corpus weight
What this shows „gegeben“ 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 | gegeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gegeben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around gegeben (IPA [ɡəˈɡeːbn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #553 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs geben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gegeben, with forms such as "eggeben", "geegben", and "gegbeen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gegen", "gelben", "Gewebe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gegeben, spelled G-E-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs geben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eggeben
- geegben
- gegbeen
- gegebben
- gegebenn
- gegebne
- gegeebn
- geggeben
- ggeeben
- ggegeben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gegeben - 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 "gegeben", 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).