gelegentlich
[ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪç]
The verdict
“gelegentlich” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,528
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenn sich eine günstige, passende Gelegenheit bietet, wenn es die Umstände erlauben, bei Gelegenheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelegentlich · gelegentlich · German
gelegentlich · rank #3,528 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,528
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gefolgt
Nearest frequency peer: gefolgt (-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 „gelegentlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Forscher
Forscher
96,476 corpus weight
- games
games
96,475 corpus weight
- gefolgt
gefolgt
96,474 corpus weight
- gelegentlich
gelegentlich
96,473 corpus weight
- Geschäftsfü…
Geschäftsführer
96,472 corpus weight
- gestartet
gestartet
96,471 corpus weight
What this shows „gelegentlich“ 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 | gelegentlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #3,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gelegentlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around gelegentlich (IPA [ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,528 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for gelegentlich, with forms such as "eglegentlich", "geelgentlich", and "geleegntlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "gelegentliche", "gelegentlichen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gelegentlich, spelled G-E-L-E-G-E-N-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1wenn sich eine günstige, passende Gelegenheit bietet, wenn es die Umstände erlauben, bei Gelegenheit
- 2mehr oder weniger oft, unterschiedlich häufig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gelegentlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gelegentlich fahre ich bei ihm vorbei und bringe ihm seinen Regenschirm zurück.
Unsere gelegentlichen Treffen genügen mir nicht.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eglegentlich
- geelgentlich
- geleegntlich
- gelegenltich
- gelegenntlich
- gelegentilch
- gelegentlcih
- gelegentlicch
- gelegentlichh
- gelegentlihc
- gelegentllich
- gelegenttlich
- gelegetnlich
- geleggentlich
- gelegnetlich
- gelgeentlich
- gellegentlich
- ggelegentlich
- gleegentlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gelegentlich - 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 "gelegentlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).