Gegenstück
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtʏk]
The verdict
“Gegenstück” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,257
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das zweite Teil (Stück), das einem ersten Teil ähnlich ist (und es zu einem Ganzen ergänzt)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegenstück |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtʏk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gegenstück” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Gegenstück (IPA [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtʏk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,257 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gegenstück, with forms such as "eggenstück", "geegnstück", and "gegennstück". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Gegenstück, spelled G-E-G-E-N-S-T-Ü-C-K.
Definition
- 1das zweite Teil (Stück), das einem ersten Teil ähnlich ist (und es zu einem Ganzen ergänzt)
- 2Teil, das deutlich/diametral anders ist als ein Teil, mit dem man es vergleicht
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eggenstück
- geegnstück
- gegennstück
- gegensstück
- gegenstcük
- gegensttück
- gegenstücck
- gegenstückk
- gegenstükc
- gegensütck
- gegentsück
- gegesntück
- geggenstück
- gegnestück
- ggeenstück
- ggegenstück
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gegenstück - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Gegenstück”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-G-E-N-S-T-Ü-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃtʏk] (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
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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.