gelegentlicher

[ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪçɐ]

/[ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“gelegentlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #72,455 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,455
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-gelegentlicher · gelegentlicher · German

gelegentlicher · rank #72,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,455
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gelbbraun

Nearest frequency peer: gelbbraun (-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 „gelegentlicher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gelegentlicher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gelegentlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordgelegentlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪçɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#72,455
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gelegentlicher“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gelegentlicherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gelbbraun“ (#72,454), „gelindert“ (#72,456), „gekühlten“ (#72,453). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gelegentlicher“ bei #72,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gelegentlicher is uncommon German at frequency #72,455 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gelegentlicher in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gelegentlicher, spelled G-E-L-E-G-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

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

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 "gelegentlicher"?
"gelegentlicher" is spelled G-E-L-E-G-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪçɐ].
What does "gelegentlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "gelegentlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegentlich
How do you pronounce "gelegentlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gelegentlicher" is [ɡəˈleːɡn̩tlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gelegentlicher" come from?
"gelegentlicher" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gelegentlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list