Gemeinde

/[ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#792

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Gemeinde is aGermannoun. It means: gesellschaftliches Gebilde: Gemeinschaft mit höherem Organisationsgrad Pronounced [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndə]. It ranks #792 in German word frequency. Often confused with gemeint and gemeine.

Key facts for Gemeinde
PropertyValue
HeadwordGemeinde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#792
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gemeinde in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gemeinde is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #792 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gemeinde, with forms such as "egmeinde", "geeminde", and "gemeidne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "gemeint", "gemeine", "Gewinde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gemeinde, spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gesellschaftliches Gebilde: Gemeinschaft mit höherem Organisationsgrad
  2. 2
    allgemeine Bezeichnung für Ortschaft, Stadt, Großgemeinde oder Dorf
  3. 3
    unterste Verwaltungseinheit eines Staates
  4. 4
    Gruppe von Personen, die sich mit einer Person, Ideologie oder Organisation identifizieren oder zu einem bestimmten Anlass vereinen
  5. 5
    Gemeindeverwaltung, Gemeindeamt; Gebäude, in dem die Verwaltung einer Ortschaft untergebracht ist

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egmeinde,geeminde,gemeidne,gemeindde,gemeined,gemeinnde,gemenide,gemiende,gemmeinde,ggemeinde,gmeeinde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gemeinde

Misspelling Variants of "Gemeinde"

egmeinde8geeminde8gemeidne8gemeindde9gemeined8gemeinnde9gemenide8gemiende8
Misspelling Variants of "Gemeinde"

Frequency rank: #792 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gemeinde"?
"Gemeinde" is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndə].
What does "Gemeinde" mean?
As a noun, "Gemeinde" means: gesellschaftliches Gebilde: Gemeinschaft mit höherem Organisationsgrad
What words are commonly confused with "Gemeinde"?
"Gemeinde" is commonly confused with "gemeint", "gemeine", "Gewinde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gemeinde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gemeinde" is [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gemeinde" come from?
"Gemeinde" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.