gegenüber
[ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ]
The verdict
“gegenüber” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #457 in German word frequency and used as a preposition.
- #457
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf der anderen (entgegengesetzten) Seite
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 | gegenüber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gegenüber” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gegenüber is 9 letters long, classified as a preposition, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #457 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for gegenüber, with forms such as "eggenüber", "geegnüber", and "gegenbüer". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Gegenübers", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gegenüber, spelled G-E-G-E-N-Ü-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1auf der anderen (entgegengesetzten) Seite
- 2auf der anderen (entgegengesetzten) Seite
- 3in Bezug auf, im Gegensatz zu
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eggenüber,geegnüber,gegenbüer,gegennüber,gegenübber,gegenüberr,gegenübre,gegenüebr,gegeünber,geggenüber,gegneüber,ggeenüber,ggegenüber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gegenüber - 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 “gegenüber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-G-E-N-Ü-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡeːɡn̩ˈʔyːbɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gegenübers” - see the side-by-side comparison. gegenüber vs Gegenübers
- 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.