Geige
[ˈɡaɪ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“Geige” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,639
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Violine, aus der Viola da braccio hervorgegangenes Streichinstrument mit flachem Korpus und vier Saiten, welche in G-D-A-E gestimmt sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-geige · Geige · German
Geige · rank #15,639 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,639
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gehorsam
Nearest frequency peer: gehorsam (-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 „Geige“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gegossen
gegossen
84,365 corpus weight
- geheimnisvo…
geheimnisvolle
84,364 corpus weight
- gehorsam
gehorsam
84,363 corpus weight
- Geige
Geige
84,362 corpus weight
- geistiger
geistiger
84,361 corpus weight
- Gel
Gel
84,360 corpus weight
What this shows „Geige“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Geige |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯ɡə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Geige“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Geige (IPA [ˈɡaɪ̯ɡə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,639 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Violine, aus der Viola da braccio hervorgegangenes Streichinstrument mit flachem Korpus und vier Saiten, welche in G-D-A-E gestimmt sind".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geige, with forms such as "egige", "gegie", and "geieg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gig", "geil", "give", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geige, spelled G-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Violine, aus der Viola da braccio hervorgegangenes Streichinstrument mit flachem Korpus und vier Saiten, welche in G-D-A-E gestimmt sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geige appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Geige besticht durch ihren warmen Klang.
„Wenn alle die erste Geige spielen wollten, würden wir nie ein Orchester bekommen.“ (Ruth Schaumann)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egige
- gegie
- geieg
- geigge
- ggeige
- giege
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geige - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geige", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).