gegessen

/[ɡəˈɡɛsn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,122

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

gegessen is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs essen Pronounced [ɡəˈɡɛsn̩]. It ranks #3,122 in German word frequency. Often confused with gewesen and gelesen.

Key facts for gegessen
PropertyValue
Headwordgegessen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈɡɛsn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,122
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gegessen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gegessen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈɡɛsn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,122 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs essen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for gegessen, with forms such as "eggessen", "geegssen", and "gegesen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "gewesen", "gelesen", "genesen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gegessen, spelled G-E-G-E-S-S-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs essen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eggessen,geegssen,gegesen,gegesesn,gegessenn,gegessne,gegeßen,geggessen,gegsesen,ggeessen,ggegessen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gegessen

Misspelling Variants of "gegessen"

eggessen8geegssen8gegesen7gegesesn8gegessenn9gegessne8gegeßen7geggessen9
Misspelling Variants of "gegessen"

Frequency rank: #3,122 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gegessen"?
"gegessen" is spelled G-E-G-E-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈɡɛsn̩].
What does "gegessen" mean?
As a verb, "gegessen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs essen
What words are commonly confused with "gegessen"?
"gegessen" is commonly confused with "gewesen", "gelesen", "genesen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gegessen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gegessen" is [ɡəˈɡɛsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gegessen" come from?
"gegessen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.