gelber

Name: gelber, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈɡɛlbɐ]

/[ˈɡɛlbɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“gelber” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,587
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb

Corpus desk

Index DE-gelber · gelber · German

gelber · rank #17,587 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #17,587
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH gehängt

Nearest frequency peer: gehängt (-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.

geerntet

82,417
Gefährten

82,416
gehängt

82,415
gelber

82,414
genaues

82,413
Gentleman

82,412

What this shows „gelber“ 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).

gelber vs gelte

67% similar

gelber vs Geyer

50% similar

gelber vs gelten

67% similar

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

Key facts for gelber
Property	Value
Headword	gelber
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈɡɛlbɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#17,587
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gelber“

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

#17,587

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gehängt“ (#17,586), „genaues“ (#17,588), „Gefährten“ (#17,585). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gelber“ bei #17,587. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gelber (IPA [ˈɡɛlbɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,587 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gelber, with forms such as "eglber", "gebler", and "gelbber". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gelte", "Geyer", "gelten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gelber, spelled G-E-L-B-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eglber
gebler
gelbber
gelberr
gelbre
gelebr
gellber
ggelber
gleber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gelber - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "gelber"

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 "gelber"?

"gelber" is spelled G-E-L-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛlbɐ].

What does "gelber" mean?

As an adjective, "gelber" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelb

What words are commonly confused with "gelber"?

"gelber" is commonly confused with "gelte", "Geyer", "gelten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "gelber"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gelber" is [ˈɡɛlbɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "gelber" come from?

"gelber" 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 "gelber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

genäht#17,590 geerbt#17,583 Gespür#17,597 giftig#17,599

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

genaues9 variants gerannt9 variants Falken9 variants Hirten9 variants