gehorche
[ɡəˈhɔʁçə]
The verdict
“gehorche” is uncommon German (frequency #92,952 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,952
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gehorchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gehorche · gehorche · German
gehorche · rank #92,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,952
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gehaltenes
Nearest frequency peer: gehaltenes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gehorche”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Geflüster
Geflüster
7,051 corpus weight
- gehaltenes
gehaltenes
7,050 corpus weight
- gehorche
gehorche
7,049 corpus weight
- gehöriges
gehöriges
7,048 corpus weight
- geködert
geködert
7,047 corpus weight
- Geldentwert…
Geldentwertung
7,046 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gehorche” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gehorche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhɔʁçə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gehorche” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gehorche is uncommon German at frequency #92,952 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈhɔʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
gehorche has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 gehorche, spelled G-E-H-O-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gehorchen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gehorchen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gehorchen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gehorchen
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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