Gehörs

[ɡəˈhøːɐ̯s]

/[ɡəˈhøːɐ̯s]/ noun

The verdict

“Gehörs” is uncommon German (frequency #98,473 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,473
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehör

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehors · Gehörs · German

Gehörs · rank #98,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,473
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geimpfte

Nearest frequency peer: geimpfte (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gehörs“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gehörs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gehörs
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehörs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈhøːɐ̯s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehörs“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gehörsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geimpfte“ (#98,474), „gekarrt“ (#98,475), „Gegenfragen“ (#98,470). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gehörs“ bei #98,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gehörs is uncommon German at frequency #98,473 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehör".

Zero misspellings are on record for Gehörs in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Gehörs, spelled G-E-H-Ö-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehör

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 "Gehörs"?
"Gehörs" is spelled G-E-H-Ö-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯s].
What does "Gehörs" mean?
As a noun, "Gehörs" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gehör
How do you pronounce "Gehörs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehörs" is [ɡəˈhøːɐ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gehörs" come from?
"Gehörs" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gehörs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list