gekriegt

[ɡəˈkʁiːkt]

/[ɡəˈkʁiːkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“gekriegt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,661
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gekriegt · gekriegt · German

gekriegt · rank #10,661 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,661
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gebildeten

Nearest frequency peer: gebildeten (-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 „gekriegt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gekriegt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gekriegt vs geriet
75% similar
gekriegt vs gesiegt
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gekriegt
PropertyValue
Headwordgekriegt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈkʁiːkt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,661
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gekriegt“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gekriegtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gebildeten“ (#10,660), „gelagert“ (#10,662), „Fähre“ (#10,659). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gekriegt“ bei #10,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gekriegt (IPA [ɡəˈkʁiːkt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,661 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriegen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gekriegt, with forms such as "egkriegt", "gekiregt", and "gekkriegt". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "geriet", "gesiegt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 gekriegt, spelled G-E-K-R-I-E-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriegen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egkriegt
  • gekiregt
  • gekkriegt
  • gekreigt
  • gekrieggt
  • gekriegtt
  • gekrietg
  • gekriget
  • gekrriegt
  • gerkiegt
  • ggekriegt
  • gkeriegt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gekriegt - 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.

egkriegt2gekiregt2gekkriegt1gekreigt2gekrieggt1gekriegtt1gekrietg2gekriget2
Edit distance from "gekriegt"

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 "gekriegt"?
"gekriegt" is spelled G-E-K-R-I-E-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈkʁiːkt].
What does "gekriegt" mean?
As a verb, "gekriegt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriegen
What words are commonly confused with "gekriegt"?
"gekriegt" is commonly confused with "geriet", "gesiegt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gekriegt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gekriegt" is [ɡəˈkʁiːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gekriegt" come from?
"gekriegt" 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 "gekriegt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gelagert#10,662frisches#10,657Franzose#10,656flexibel#10,655

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

feuchten12 variantsFeiertage12 variantserlernen12 variantsEndspiel12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list