Gehirns

/[ɡəˈhɪʁns]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,890

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Gehirns is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehirn Pronounced [ɡəˈhɪʁns]. Often confused with Gewinns and Gehirn.

Key facts for Gehirns
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehirns
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhɪʁns]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,890
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gehirns is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈhɪʁns]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,890 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehirn".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gehirns, with forms such as "eghirns", "gehhirns", and "gehinrs". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewinns", "Gehirn", "Gehirne", 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 Gehirns, spelled G-E-H-I-R-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehirn

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eghirns,gehhirns,gehinrs,gehirnns,gehirnss,gehirrns,gehirsn,gehrins,geihrns,ggehirns,gheirns

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gehirns

Misspelling Variants of "Gehirns"

eghirns7gehhirns8gehinrs7gehirnns8gehirnss8gehirrns8gehirsn7gehrins7
Misspelling Variants of "Gehirns"

Frequency rank: #15,890 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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