Gegenwind
[ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvɪnt]
The verdict
“Gegenwind” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,229
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wind von vorne, Wind aus der Richtung, in die eine Bewegung erfolgt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gegenwind · Gegenwind · German
Gegenwind · rank #19,229 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,229
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gefälle
Nearest frequency peer: Gefälle (-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 „Gegenwind“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Geburten
Geburten
80,775 corpus weight
- gecheckt
gecheckt
80,774 corpus weight
- Gefälle
Gefälle
80,773 corpus weight
- Gegenwind
Gegenwind
80,772 corpus weight
- Geistern
Geistern
80,771 corpus weight
- Geistlicher
Geistlicher
80,770 corpus weight
What this shows „Gegenwind“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gegenwind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvɪnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gegenwind“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Gegenwind (IPA [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvɪnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,229 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gegenwind, with forms such as "eggenwind", "geegnwind", and "gegeniwnd". 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gegenwind, spelled G-E-G-E-N-W-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Wind von vorne, Wind aus der Richtung, in die eine Bewegung erfolgt
- 2Widerstand gegen eigene Pläne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gegenwind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Gegenwind war so stark, daß man auf den Schneeschuhen zurückgeworfen wurde; man mußte sie abschnallen, um nur vorwärtszukommen.“
„Nach mehr als zwei Wochen Fahrt ist es so weit, dass er sich über Gegenwind freut.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eggenwind
- geegnwind
- gegeniwnd
- gegennwind
- gegenwidn
- gegenwindd
- gegenwinnd
- gegenwnid
- gegenwwind
- gegewnind
- geggenwind
- gegnewind
- ggeenwind
- ggegenwind
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gegenwind - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gegenwind", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).