gelegte

[ɡəˈleːktə]

/[ɡəˈleːktə]/ adj

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The verdict

“gelegte” is uncommon German (frequency #51,344 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,344
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-gelegte · gelegte · German

gelegte · rank #51,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,344
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 54,401
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geldmangel

Nearest frequency peer: Geldmangel (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “gelegte”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “gelegte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for gelegte
PropertyValue
Headwordgelegte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈleːktə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,344
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gelegte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gelegte lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gelegte is uncommon German at frequency #51,344 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈleːktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gelegte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gelegte, spelled G-E-L-E-G-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gelegte"?
"gelegte" is spelled G-E-L-E-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈleːktə].
What does "gelegte" mean?
As an adjective, "gelegte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gelegt
How do you pronounce "gelegte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gelegte" is [ɡəˈleːktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gelegte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list