Gegengewicht
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt]
The verdict
“Gegengewicht” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #30,076 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,076
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das, was auf einer Waagschale auf der anderen Seite zum Gewicht liegt; das, was ausgleicht oder aufhebt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegengewicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #30,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gegengewicht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gegengewicht is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡeːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,076 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das, was auf einer Waagschale auf der anderen Seite zum Gewicht liegt; das, was ausgleicht oder aufhebt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gegengewicht, with forms such as "eggengewicht", "geegngewicht", and "gegegnewicht". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Gegengewicht, spelled G-E-G-E-N-G-E-W-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1das, was auf einer Waagschale auf der anderen Seite zum Gewicht liegt; das, was ausgleicht oder aufhebt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eggengewicht,geegngewicht,gegegnewicht,gegenegwicht,gegengeiwcht,gegengewciht,gegengewiccht,gegengewichht,gegengewichtt,gegengewicth,gegengewihct,gegengewwicht,gegenggewicht,gegengweicht,gegenngewicht,geggengewicht,gegnegewicht,ggeengewicht,ggegengewicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gegengewicht - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Gegengewicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-G-E-N-G-E-W-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡeːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.