Gelaber

/[ɡəˈlaːbɐ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,734

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Gelaber is aGermannoun. It means: seichtes Gerede oder unüberlegt Dahergesagtes Pronounced [ɡəˈlaːbɐ]. Often confused with gelbe and gelben.

Key facts for Gelaber
PropertyValue
HeadwordGelaber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈlaːbɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,734
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gelaber in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gelaber is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈlaːbɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,734 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "seichtes Gerede oder unüberlegt Dahergesagtes".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gelaber, with forms such as "eglaber", "gealber", and "gelabber". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "gelbe", "gelben", "Gelder", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gelaber, spelled G-E-L-A-B-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    seichtes Gerede oder unüberlegt Dahergesagtes

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eglaber,gealber,gelabber,gelaberr,gelabre,gelaebr,gelbaer,gellaber,ggelaber,gleaber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gelaber

Misspelling Variants of "Gelaber"

eglaber7gealber7gelabber8gelaberr8gelabre7gelaebr7gelbaer7gellaber8
Misspelling Variants of "Gelaber"

Frequency rank: #24,734 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gelaber"?
"Gelaber" is spelled G-E-L-A-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈlaːbɐ].
What does "Gelaber" mean?
As a noun, "Gelaber" means: seichtes Gerede oder unüberlegt Dahergesagtes
What words are commonly confused with "Gelaber"?
"Gelaber" is commonly confused with "gelbe", "gelben", "Gelder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gelaber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gelaber" is [ɡəˈlaːbɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gelaber" come from?
"Gelaber" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.