Gemälde
[ɡəˈmɛːldə]
The verdict
“Gemälde” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,085
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein auf einen Träger (etwa eine Leinwand) aufgebrachtes Bild
Corpus desk
Index DE-gemalde · Gemälde · German
Gemälde · rank #5,085 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,085
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gefüllt
Nearest frequency peer: gefüllt (-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 “Gemälde”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Fische
Fische
94,919 corpus weight
- FPÖ
FPÖ
94,918 corpus weight
- gefüllt
gefüllt
94,917 corpus weight
- Gemälde
Gemälde
94,916 corpus weight
- Gesichter
Gesichter
94,915 corpus weight
- global
global
94,914 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gemälde” 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 | Gemälde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmɛːldə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gemälde” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gemälde (IPA [ɡəˈmɛːldə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,085 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein auf einen Träger (etwa eine Leinwand) aufgebrachtes Bild".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gemälde, with forms such as "egmälde", "gemläde", and "gemmälde". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gerade", "gemalt", "Gerald", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Gemälde, spelled G-E-M-Ä-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1ein auf einen Träger (etwa eine Leinwand) aufgebrachtes Bild
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gemälde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als er vor dem Gemälde stand, machte er halt.
„Auch das amüsante Gemälde eines tanzenden Mädchens hätte er in der Kiste entdeckt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egmälde
- gemläde
- gemmälde
- gemädle
- gemäldde
- gemäled
- gemällde
- geämlde
- ggemälde
- gmeälde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gemälde - 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 September 3, 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 "Gemälde", 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).
What to do next
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- "Gemälde" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gerade". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,085 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.