gehegt

[ɡəˈheːkt]

/[ɡəˈheːkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“gehegt” is uncommon German (frequency #60,599 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,599
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehegt · gehegt · German

gehegt · rank #60,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,599
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gehaltes

Nearest frequency peer: Gehaltes (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „gehegt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gehegt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gehegt
PropertyValue
Headwordgehegt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈheːkt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gehegt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gehegtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gehaltes“ (#60,598), „geheimnisvoller“ (#60,600), „Geisterbahn“ (#60,601). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gehegt“ bei #60,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gehegt is uncommon German at frequency #60,599 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈheːkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hegen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gehegt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gehegt, spelled G-E-H-E-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hegen

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 "gehegt"?
"gehegt" is spelled G-E-H-E-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈheːkt].
What does "gehegt" mean?
As a verb, "gehegt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs hegen
How do you pronounce "gehegt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gehegt" is [ɡəˈheːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gehegt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frühem#60,583Fräsen#60,582froher#60,581fringe#60,578

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list