geloben
[ɡəˈloːbn̩]
The verdict
“geloben” is uncommon German (frequency #81,587 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,587
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas feierlich versprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-geloben · geloben · German
geloben · rank #81,587 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,587
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Geldtransport…
Nearest frequency peer: Geldtransporter (-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 “geloben”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Geisteswiss…
Geisteswissenschaftler
18,419 corpus weight
- gekleideter
gekleideter
18,418 corpus weight
- gekünstelt
gekünstelt
18,417 corpus weight
- gelangweilte
gelangweilte
18,416 corpus weight
- Geldtranspo…
Geldtransporter
18,415 corpus weight
- geloben
geloben
18,414 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “geloben” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geloben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈloːbn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geloben” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
geloben is uncommon German at frequency #81,587 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈloːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas feierlich versprechen".
No misspelling variants are generated for geloben in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is geloben, spelled G-E-L-O-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas feierlich versprechen
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); 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geloben", 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.