Gemisch
[ɡəˈmɪʃ]
The verdict
“Gemisch” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,262 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,262
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, was durch Vermischen von festen, flüssigen oder gasförmigen Stoffen entsteht; Mischung aus zwei oder mehreren verschiedenen Stoffen, deren Bestandteile zumeist sehr fein verteilt sind
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 | Gemisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmɪʃ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gemisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gemisch is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈmɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,262 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas, was durch Vermischen von festen, flüssigen oder gasförmigen Stoffen entsteht; Mischung aus zwei oder mehreren verschiedenen Stoffen, deren Bestandteile zumeist sehr fein verteilt sind".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gemisch, with forms such as "egmisch", "geimsch", and "gemicsh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gemischt", "gewischt", "gemischte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gemisch, spelled G-E-M-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1etwas, was durch Vermischen von festen, flüssigen oder gasförmigen Stoffen entsteht; Mischung aus zwei oder mehreren verschiedenen Stoffen, deren Bestandteile zumeist sehr fein verteilt sind
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egmisch,geimsch,gemicsh,gemiscch,gemischh,gemishc,gemissch,gemmisch,gemsich,ggemisch,gmeisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gemisch - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Gemisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-M-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈmɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gemischt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gemisch vs gemischt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.