Gemengelage
[ɡəˈmɛŋəˌlaːɡə]
The verdict
“Gemengelage” is uncommon German (frequency #79,200 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,200
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - verstreut liegende und dadurch schwer zu bearbeitende Feld- und Waldstücke eines Grundbesitzes
Corpus desk
Index DE-gemengelage · Gemengelage · German
Gemengelage · rank #79,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,200
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geradem
Nearest frequency peer: geradem (+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 “Gemengelage”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geistreichen
geistreichen
20,804 corpus weight
- geklärten
geklärten
20,803 corpus weight
- Gemengelage
Gemengelage
20,801 corpus weight
- geradem
geradem
20,800 corpus weight
- Geraldine
Geraldine
20,799 corpus weight
- geraubte
geraubte
20,798 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gemengelage” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gemengelage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmɛŋəˌlaːɡə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gemengelage” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gemengelage is uncommon German at frequency #79,200 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈmɛŋəˌlaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Gemengelage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gemengelage, spelled G-E-M-E-N-G-E-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1verstreut liegende und dadurch schwer zu bearbeitende Feld- und Waldstücke eines Grundbesitzes
- 2ungewöhnliches und/oder unübersichtliches Zusammentreffen von Zuständen oder Gegebenheiten
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gemengelage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.