gegensteuern
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“gegensteuern” is uncommon German (frequency #50,497 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,497
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Maßnahme ergreifen, die zur Korrektur des eingeschlagenen Weges führt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gegensteuern · gegensteuern · German
gegensteuern · rank #50,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,497
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Gefrierschrank
Nearest frequency peer: Gefrierschrank (-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 “gegensteuern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gedankenlos
gedankenlos
49,507 corpus weight
- geflochten
geflochten
49,506 corpus weight
- Gefrierschr…
Gefrierschrank
49,505 corpus weight
- gegensteuern
gegensteuern
49,504 corpus weight
- gegensätzli…
gegensätzlichen
49,503 corpus weight
- Gehabe
Gehabe
49,502 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gegensteuern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gegensteuern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gegensteuern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gegensteuern is uncommon German at frequency #50,497 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gegensteuern, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gegensteuern, spelled G-E-G-E-N-S-T-E-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1eine Maßnahme ergreifen, die zur Korrektur des eingeschlagenen Weges führt
- 2eine Maßnahme ergreifen, um einer Entwicklung entgegenzutreten
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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 May 6, 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 "gegensteuern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.