Geläut
[ɡəˈlɔɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Geläut” is uncommon German (frequency #78,027 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,027
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (abgestimmtes) Läuten mehrerer Glocken
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelaut · Geläut · German
Geläut · rank #78,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,027
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gelinkt
Nearest frequency peer: gelinkt (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Geläut“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Geldsummen
Geldsummen
21,977 corpus weight
- geldwert
geldwert
21,976 corpus weight
- gelinkt
gelinkt
21,975 corpus weight
- Geläut
Geläut
21,974 corpus weight
- geometrisch…
geometrischer
21,972 corpus weight
- geplatzte
geplatzte
21,971 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geläut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geläut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈlɔɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geläut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geläut is uncommon German at frequency #78,027 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈlɔɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Geläut in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Geläut, spelled G-E-L-Ä-U-T.
Definition
- 1(abgestimmtes) Läuten mehrerer Glocken
- 2(abgestimmtes) Läuten mehrerer Glocken
- 3Gesamtheit der Glocken in einem Glockenstuhl
- 4Bellen der Jagdhunde auf der Jagd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geläut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Geläut erinnerte Pierre daran, dass es ein Sonntag und der Feiertag Mariä Geburt war.“
Das Geläut hört man meilenweit.
Synonyms
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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