Gelübde
[ɡəˈlʏpdə]
The verdict
“Gelübde” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,215
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Versprechen, meist gegenüber Gott
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelubde · Gelübde · German
Gelübde · rank #28,215 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,215
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gelungenes
Nearest frequency peer: gelungenes (-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 “Gelübde”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geleiteten
geleiteten
71,789 corpus weight
- gelockert
gelockert
71,788 corpus weight
- gelungenes
gelungenes
71,787 corpus weight
- Gelübde
Gelübde
71,786 corpus weight
- Gemütlichke…
Gemütlichkeit
71,785 corpus weight
- Gerüche
Gerüche
71,784 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gelübde” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Gelübde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈlʏpdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gelübde” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gelübde (IPA [ɡəˈlʏpdə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,215 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Versprechen, meist gegenüber Gott".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gelübde, with forms such as "eglübde", "gelbüde", and "gellübde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "geübte", "gesunde", "gelbe", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gelübde, spelled G-E-L-Ü-B-D-E.
Definition
- 1Versprechen, meist gegenüber Gott
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eglübde
- gelbüde
- gellübde
- gelübbde
- gelübdde
- gelübed
- gelüdbe
- geülbde
- ggelübde
- gleübde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gelübde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gelübde", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.