gelegen
[ɡəˈleːɡn̩]
The verdict
“gelegen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,447
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach Ort, Zeit oder Umständen willkommen, recht, dienlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelegen · gelegen · German
gelegen · rank #3,447 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,447
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geholt
Nearest frequency peer: geholt (-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 „gelegen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Fremde
Fremde
96,557 corpus weight
- Geheimnis
Geheimnis
96,556 corpus weight
- geholt
geholt
96,555 corpus weight
- gelegen
gelegen
96,554 corpus weight
- gemeldet
gemeldet
96,553 corpus weight
- gerecht
gerecht
96,552 corpus weight
What this shows „gelegen“ 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 | gelegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈleːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gelegen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around gelegen (IPA [ɡəˈleːɡn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,447 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gelegen, with forms such as "eglegen", "geelgen", and "geleegn". 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, "gelten", "gelegt", "gesehen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 gelegen, spelled G-E-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach Ort, Zeit oder Umständen willkommen, recht, dienlich
- 2einen Ort einnehmend, befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gelegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kam es dir gelegen, dass dein Rivale beim Rennen gestern nicht antreten konnte?
Meine neue Wohnung – wenn auch zentral gelegen – gefällt mir doch nicht so sehr.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eglegen
- geelgen
- geleegn
- gelegenn
- geleggen
- gelegne
- gelgeen
- gellegen
- ggelegen
- gleegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gelegen - 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 "gelegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).