gelinge
[ɡəˈlɪŋə]
The verdict
“gelinge” is uncommon German (frequency #66,250 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,250
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gelingen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelinge · gelinge · German
gelinge · rank #66,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,250
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Gelehrsamkeit
Nearest frequency peer: Gelehrsamkeit (-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 “gelinge”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gekämmt
gekämmt
33,755 corpus weight
- Geldbeträge
Geldbeträge
33,754 corpus weight
- Geldgebern
Geldgebern
33,753 corpus weight
- Gelehrsamke…
Gelehrsamkeit
33,752 corpus weight
- gelinge
gelinge
33,751 corpus weight
- gemeindlich…
gemeindlichen
33,748 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gelinge” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelinge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈlɪŋə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gelinge” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gelinge is uncommon German at frequency #66,250 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈlɪŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gelinge in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is gelinge, spelled G-E-L-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gelingen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gelingen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gelingen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gelingen
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 "gelinge", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.