gehabt

/[ɡəˈhaːpt]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,079

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gehabt is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs haben Pronounced [ɡəˈhaːpt]. It ranks #1,079 in German word frequency. Often confused with geht and Gerät.

Key facts for gehabt
PropertyValue
Headwordgehabt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈhaːpt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,079
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gehabt is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈhaːpt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,079 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs haben".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gehabt, with forms such as "eghabt", "geahbt", and "gehabbt". 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.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "geht", "Gerät", "gehst", 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 gehabt, spelled G-E-H-A-B-T, 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 haben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eghabt,geahbt,gehabbt,gehabtt,gehatb,gehbat,gehhabt,ggehabt,gheabt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gehabt

Misspelling Variants of "gehabt"

eghabt6geahbt6gehabbt7gehabtt7gehatb6gehbat6gehhabt7ggehabt7
Misspelling Variants of "gehabt"

Frequency rank: #1,079 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gehabt"?
"gehabt" is spelled G-E-H-A-B-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhaːpt].
What does "gehabt" mean?
As a verb, "gehabt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs haben
What words are commonly confused with "gehabt"?
"gehabt" is commonly confused with "geht", "Gerät", "gehst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gehabt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gehabt" is [ɡəˈhaːpt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gehabt" come from?
"gehabt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby 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.