Gehirn

/[ɡəˈhɪʁn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,040

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Gehirn is aGermannoun. It means: der im Kopf gelegene Teil des Zentralnervensystems der Wirbeltiere Pronounced [ɡəˈhɪʁn]. It ranks #3,040 in German word frequency. Often confused with gern and gehn.

Key facts for Gehirn
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehirn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhɪʁn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,040
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gehirn is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈhɪʁn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,040 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gehirn, with forms such as "eghirn", "gehhirn", and "gehinr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "gern", "gehn", "Gehör", 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 Gehirn, spelled G-E-H-I-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der im Kopf gelegene Teil des Zentralnervensystems der Wirbeltiere
  2. 2
    der Ansatz zur Bildung von Nervenzentren
  3. 3
    Verstand, Denkvermögen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eghirn,gehhirn,gehinr,gehirnn,gehirrn,gehrin,geihrn,ggehirn,gheirn

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gehirn

Misspelling Variants of "Gehirn"

eghirn6gehhirn7gehinr6gehirnn7gehirrn7gehrin6geihrn6ggehirn7
Misspelling Variants of "Gehirn"

Frequency rank: #3,040 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gehirn"?
"Gehirn" is spelled G-E-H-I-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɪʁn].
What does "Gehirn" mean?
As a noun, "Gehirn" means: der im Kopf gelegene Teil des Zentralnervensystems der Wirbeltiere
What words are commonly confused with "Gehirn"?
"Gehirn" is commonly confused with "gern", "gehn", "Gehör". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gehirn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehirn" is [ɡəˈhɪʁn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gehirn" come from?
"Gehirn" 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.