Geleise
[ɡəˈlaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“Geleise” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge
Corpus desk
Index DE-geleise · Geleise · German
Geleise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geleise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈlaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geleise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geleise is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈlaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Geleise, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geleise, spelled G-E-L-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geleise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Wiener, der vor dem Einfahren des nächsten U-Bahnzuges eine Kenianerin auf die Geleise gestoßen hatte, wurde nicht – wie zu erwarten gewesen wäre – wegen Mordversuchs angeklagt.“
„Die Geleise im Zürcher Tramtunnel zwischen Milchbuck und Schwamendingen sind in die Jahre gekommen und müssen ersetzt werden.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.