gendern
[ˈd͡ʒɛndɐn]
The verdict
“gendern” is uncommon German (frequency #51,347 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,347
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geschlechtsneutrale oder geschlechterambivalente Formulierungen wählen; das Gender-Mainstreaming auf Sprache anwenden
Corpus desk
Index DE-gendern · gendern · German
gendern · rank #51,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,347
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Gemüte
Nearest frequency peer: Gemüte (-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 “gendern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gelegte
gelegte
48,657 corpus weight
- Gemeinheit
Gemeinheit
48,656 corpus weight
- Gemüte
Gemüte
48,655 corpus weight
- gendern
gendern
48,654 corpus weight
- Georgischen
Georgischen
48,653 corpus weight
- gequetscht
gequetscht
48,652 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gendern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gendern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈd͡ʒɛndɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gendern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gendern is uncommon German at frequency #51,347 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈd͡ʒɛndɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschlechtsneutrale oder geschlechterambivalente Formulierungen wählen; das Gender-Mainstreaming auf Sprache anwenden".
Zero misspellings are on record for gendern in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gendern, spelled G-E-N-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1geschlechtsneutrale oder geschlechterambivalente Formulierungen wählen; das Gender-Mainstreaming auf Sprache anwenden
This word in other languages
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 "gendern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.