geltendes

Name: geltendes, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈɡɛltn̩dəs]

/[ˈɡɛltn̩dəs]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“geltendes” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,596
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geltend

Corpus desk

Index DE-geltendes · geltendes · German

geltendes · rank #29,596 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,596
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH gelieferten

Nearest frequency peer: gelieferten (-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.

Gegentore

70,408
gelieferten

70,406
geltendes

70,405
gemieden

70,404
genaueren

70,403
genehmigten

70,402

What this shows „geltendes“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

geltendes vs geltend

78% similar

geltendes vs geltende

89% similar

geltendes vs Geländes

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for geltendes
Property	Value
Headword	geltendes
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈɡɛltn̩dəs]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#29,596
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „geltendes“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).geltendesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#29,596

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gelieferten“ (#29,595), „gemieden“ (#29,597), „genaueren“ (#29,598). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geltendes“ bei #29,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around geltendes (IPA [ˈɡɛltn̩dəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,596 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for geltendes, with forms such as "egltendes", "geletndes", and "gelltendes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "geltend", "geltende", "Geländes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 geltendes, spelled G-E-L-T-E-N-D-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geltend
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geltend
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geltend
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geltend

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egltendes
geletndes
gelltendes
geltednes
geltenddes
geltendess
geltendse
gelteneds
geltenndes
geltnedes
gelttendes
getlendes
ggeltendes
gletendes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geltendes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "geltendes"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geltendes"?

"geltendes" is spelled G-E-L-T-E-N-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɛltn̩dəs].

What does "geltendes" mean?

As an adjective, "geltendes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geltend

What words are commonly confused with "geltendes"?

"geltendes" is commonly confused with "geltend", "geltende", "Geländes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "geltendes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geltendes" is [ˈɡɛltn̩dəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "geltendes" come from?

"geltendes" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

genaueren#29,598 Gegentore#29,593 gefallene#29,590 Freiräume#29,579

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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