Gehren

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The verdict

“Gehren” is uncommon German (frequency #95,610 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,610
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehren · Gehren · German

Gehren · rank #95,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,610
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gehirntumor

Nearest frequency peer: Gehirntumor (-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 „Gehren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gehren
PropertyValue
HeadwordGehren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,610
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gehrenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gehirntumor“ (#95,609), „Gehäusen“ (#95,611), „Gegenkultur“ (#95,608). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gehren“ bei #95,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gehren is uncommon German at frequency #95,610 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland".

Gehren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gehren, spelled G-E-H-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Gehren liegt in Deutschlands östlicher Mitte.

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 "Gehren"?
"Gehren" is spelled G-E-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Gehren" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gehren" means: eine Stadt in Thüringen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Gehren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gehren" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gehren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gallia#95,595Fussel#95,586Fleece#95,557heizte#95,705

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list