gehn

[ɡeːn]

/[ɡeːn]/ verb

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The verdict

“gehn” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,434
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verkürzte bzw. ursprüngliche Schreibweise von gehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehn · gehn · German

gehn · rank #11,434 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,434
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gegebenen

Nearest frequency peer: gegebenen (-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 „gehn“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „gehn“ 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).

gehn vs Gen
50% similar
gehn vs get
50% similar
gehn vs gem
50% similar

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

Key facts for gehn
PropertyValue
Headwordgehn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡeːn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,434
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gehn“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gehnliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gegebenen“ (#11,433), „gekannt“ (#11,435), „gekürzt“ (#11,436). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gehn“ bei #11,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around gehn (IPA [ɡeːn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,434 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "verkürzte bzw. ursprüngliche Schreibweise von gehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gehn, with forms such as "eghn", "gehhn", and "gehnn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gen", "get", "gem", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 gehn, spelled G-E-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    verkürzte bzw. ursprüngliche Schreibweise von gehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gehn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die gůts haben gethon/ und die gerechten werden gehn ins ewig leben/ Die aber vbels haben gethon/ vnnd nit bůß gethon in den tagen des hails/werden gehn in die ewige peyn. Matth.25.Johan.5.“
  2. „Haben die Mädchen das 15te Jahr erreicht, ſo müſſen ſie in Dienſte gehn.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eghn
  • gehhn
  • gehnn
  • genh
  • ggehn
  • ghen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gehn - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eghn2gehhn1gehnn1genh2ggehn1ghen2
Edit distance from "gehn"

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 "gehn"?
"gehn" is spelled G-E-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡeːn].
What does "gehn" mean?
As a verb, "gehn" means: verkürzte bzw. ursprüngliche Schreibweise von gehen
What words are commonly confused with "gehn"?
"gehn" is commonly confused with "Gen", "get", "gem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gehn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gehn" is [ɡeːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gehn" come from?
"gehn" 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 "gehn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Heck#11,449edle#11,415diss#11,410Depp#11,405

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Flamme6 variantsFeige6 variantsdünnen6 variantslern6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list