Geltung
[ˈɡɛltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Geltung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,437
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, anerkannt zu werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-geltung · Geltung · German
Geltung · rank #11,437 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,437
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gekürzt
Nearest frequency peer: gekürzt (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Geltung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gehn
gehn
88,567 corpus weight
- gekannt
gekannt
88,566 corpus weight
- gekürzt
gekürzt
88,565 corpus weight
- Geltung
Geltung
88,564 corpus weight
- Genfer
Genfer
88,563 corpus weight
- Genossensch…
Genossenschaft
88,562 corpus weight
What this shows „Geltung“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Geltung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Geltung (IPA [ˈɡɛltʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,437 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geltung, with forms such as "egltung", "gelltung", and "geltnug". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "getting", "gelten", "gelang", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Geltung, spelled G-E-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, anerkannt zu werden
- 2Eigenschaft, für wirksam erachtet zu werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Drang nach Geltung war übermächtig.
„Der Arzt sah sich in seinem Broterwerb, seinen Vorrechten, seiner sozialen Geltung angegriffen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egltung
- gelltung
- geltnug
- gelttung
- geltugn
- geltungg
- geltunng
- gelutng
- getlung
- ggeltung
- gletung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geltung - 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.
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 "Geltung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).