gekrochen
[ɡəˈkʁɔxn̩]
The verdict
“gekrochen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,552. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,552
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gekrochen · gekrochen · German
gekrochen · rank #32,552 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,552
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gekennzeichne…
Nearest frequency peer: gekennzeichneten (-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 „gekrochen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gegenseitig…
Gegenseitigkeit
67,452 corpus weight
- Geiz
Geiz
67,451 corpus weight
- gekennzeich…
gekennzeichneten
67,450 corpus weight
- gekrochen
gekrochen
67,449 corpus weight
- gelobte
gelobte
67,448 corpus weight
- gentechnisch
gentechnisch
67,447 corpus weight
What this shows „gekrochen“ 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 | gekrochen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈkʁɔxn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gekrochen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around gekrochen (IPA [ɡəˈkʁɔxn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,552 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriechen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gekrochen, with forms such as "egkrochen", "gekkrochen", and "gekorchen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gerochen", "gestochen", "gesprochen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gekrochen, spelled G-E-K-R-O-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kriechen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egkrochen
- gekkrochen
- gekorchen
- gekrcohen
- gekrocchen
- gekrocehn
- gekrochenn
- gekrochhen
- gekrochne
- gekrohcen
- gekrrochen
- gerkochen
- ggekrochen
- gkerochen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gekrochen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "gekrochen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).