gekürzt

[ɡəˈkʏʁt͡st]

/[ɡəˈkʏʁt͡st]/ verb

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The verdict

“gekürzt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,436
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-gekurzt · gekürzt · German

gekürzt · rank #11,436 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,436
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gekannt

Nearest frequency peer: gekannt (-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 „gekürzt“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „gekürzt“ 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).

gekürzt vs Gewürz
57% similar
gekürzt vs genutzt
57% similar
gekürzt vs geküsst
71% similar

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

Key facts for gekürzt
PropertyValue
Headwordgekürzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈkʏʁt͡st]
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,436
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gekürzt“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gekürztliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gekannt“ (#11,435), „Geltung“ (#11,437), „gehn“ (#11,434). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gekürzt“ bei #11,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around gekürzt (IPA [ɡəˈkʏʁt͡st]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,436 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kürzen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gekürzt, with forms such as "egkürzt", "gekkürzt", and "gekrüzt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewürz", "genutzt", "geküsst", 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 gekürzt, spelled G-E-K-Ü-R-Z-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kürzen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egkürzt
  • gekkürzt
  • gekrüzt
  • gekürrzt
  • gekürtz
  • gekürztt
  • gekürzzt
  • geküzrt
  • geükrzt
  • ggekürzt
  • gkeürzt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gekürzt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egkürzt2gekkürzt1gekrüzt2gekürrzt1gekürtz2gekürztt1gekürzzt1geküzrt2
Edit distance from "gekürzt"

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 "gekürzt"?
"gekürzt" is spelled G-E-K-Ü-R-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈkʏʁt͡st].
What does "gekürzt" mean?
As a verb, "gekürzt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kürzen
What words are commonly confused with "gekürzt"?
"gekürzt" is commonly confused with "Gewürz", "genutzt", "geküsst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gekürzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gekürzt" is [ɡəˈkʏʁt͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gekürzt" come from?
"gekürzt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gekannt#11,435Geltung#11,437fordere#11,430fesseln#11,428

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Hausfrau11 variantsheutiger11 variantseffektive11 variantsPassagen11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list