gelle
[ˈɡɛlə]
The verdict
“gelle” is uncommon German (frequency #90,310 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a particle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,310
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelle · gelle · German
gelle · rank #90,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,310
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Geldgeschenke
Nearest frequency peer: Geldgeschenke (-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 “gelle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geknipst
geknipst
9,694 corpus weight
- gelautet
gelautet
9,693 corpus weight
- Geldgeschen…
Geldgeschenke
9,692 corpus weight
- gelle
gelle
9,691 corpus weight
- gemogelt
gemogelt
9,690 corpus weight
- Generalinsp…
Generalinspekteur
9,689 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gelle” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gelle” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gelle is uncommon German at frequency #90,310 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as aparticle, transcribed [ˈɡɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gelle in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 gelle, spelled G-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.