geheimnisvoll
[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔl]
The verdict
“geheimnisvoll” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,741 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #27,741
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Anschein/Eindruck erweckend, etwas Geheimes zu bergen; ein Geheimnis erahnen/vermuten lassend; voller Geheimnisse beziehungsweise Rätsel; so, dass es nicht ganz erklärt oder erklärbar ist
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geheimnisvoll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #27,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geheimnisvoll” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for geheimnisvoll is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔl]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,741 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den Anschein/Eindruck erweckend, etwas Geheimes zu bergen; ein Geheimnis erahnen/vermuten lassend; voller Geheimnisse beziehungsweise Rätsel; so, dass es nicht ganz erklärt oder erklärbar ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for geheimnisvoll, with forms such as "egheimnisvoll", "geehimnisvoll", and "geheiminsvoll". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "geheimnisvolle", "geheimnisvollen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is geheimnisvoll, spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S-V-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1den Anschein/Eindruck erweckend, etwas Geheimes zu bergen; ein Geheimnis erahnen/vermuten lassend; voller Geheimnisse beziehungsweise Rätsel; so, dass es nicht ganz erklärt oder erklärbar ist
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egheimnisvoll,geehimnisvoll,geheiminsvoll,geheimmnisvoll,geheimnisovll,geheimnissvoll,geheimnisvlol,geheimnisvol,geheimnisvvoll,geheimnivsoll,geheimnnisvoll,geheimnsivoll,geheinmisvoll,geheminisvoll,gehheimnisvoll,gehiemnisvoll,ggeheimnisvoll,gheeimnisvoll
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geheimnisvoll - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “geheimnisvoll”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-E-I-M-N-I-S-V-O-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mnɪsˌfɔl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “geheimnisvolle” - see the side-by-side comparison. geheimnisvoll vs geheimnisvolle
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.