gehorsam
[ɡəˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm]
The verdict
“gehorsam” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,638
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anweisungen oder Befehle eines Vorgesetzten oder der Eltern/eines Vormundes befolgend
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gehorsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gehorsam” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around gehorsam (IPA [ɡəˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,638 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Anweisungen oder Befehle eines Vorgesetzten oder der Eltern/eines Vormundes befolgend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gehorsam, with forms such as "eghorsam", "gehhorsam", and "gehorasm". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gehörst", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gehorsam, spelled G-E-H-O-R-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Anweisungen oder Befehle eines Vorgesetzten oder der Eltern/eines Vormundes befolgend
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eghorsam,gehhorsam,gehorasm,gehorrsam,gehorsamm,gehorsma,gehorssam,gehosram,gehrosam,geohrsam,ggehorsam,gheorsam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gehorsam - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “gehorsam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-O-R-S-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈhoːɐ̯ˌzaːm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gehörst” - see the side-by-side comparison. gehorsam vs gehörst
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.