Gehälter

[ɡəˈhɛltɐ]

/[ɡəˈhɛltɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gehälter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,146
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gehalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehalter · Gehälter · German

Gehälter · rank #13,146 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,146
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gehoben

Nearest frequency peer: gehoben (-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 „Gehälter“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Gehälter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Gehälter vs Gehalts
63% similar
Gehälter vs gemalte
50% similar
Gehälter vs gemalten
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Gehälter
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehälter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhɛltɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,146
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gehälter“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gehälterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gehoben“ (#13,145), „gelangten“ (#13,147), „Gangster“ (#13,144). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gehälter“ bei #13,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gehälter (IPA [ɡəˈhɛltɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,146 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gehälter, with forms such as "eghälter", "gehhälter", and "gehläter". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Gehalts", "gemalte", "gemalten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gehälter, spelled G-E-H-Ä-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gehalt
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gehalt
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gehalt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eghälter
  • gehhälter
  • gehläter
  • gehäletr
  • gehällter
  • gehälterr
  • gehältre
  • gehältter
  • gehätler
  • geählter
  • ggehälter
  • gheälter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gehälter - 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.

eghälter2gehhälter1gehläter2gehäletr2gehällter1gehälterr1gehältre2gehältter1
Edit distance from "Gehälter"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gehälter"?
"Gehälter" is spelled G-E-H-Ä-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɛltɐ].
What does "Gehälter" mean?
As a noun, "Gehälter" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gehalt
What words are commonly confused with "Gehälter"?
"Gehälter" is commonly confused with "Gehalts", "gemalte", "gemalten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gehälter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehälter" is [ɡəˈhɛltɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gehälter" come from?
"Gehälter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gehälter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gangster#13,144geltende#13,148Geschick#13,152etlichen#13,139

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Elfmeter12 variantsGuthaben12 variantsDänische12 variantsinnovative12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list