genehm

[ɡəˈneːm]

/[ɡəˈneːm]/ adj

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The verdict

“genehm” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,172
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - passend, angenehm

Corpus desk

Index DE-genehm · genehm · German

genehm · rank #48,172 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,172
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geisteskranke

Nearest frequency peer: geisteskranke (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „genehm“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „genehm“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

genehm vs Genen
50% similar
genehm vs Genom
50% similar
genehm vs Gewehr
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for genehm
PropertyValue
Headwordgenehm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈneːm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,172
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „genehm“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).genehmliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geisteskranke“ (#48,171), „genähert“ (#48,173), „gepanzerte“ (#48,174). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „genehm“ bei #48,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around genehm (IPA [ɡəˈneːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,172 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "passend, angenehm".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for genehm, with forms such as "egnehm", "geenhm", and "genehhm". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Genen", "Genom", "Gewehr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is genehm, spelled G-E-N-E-H-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    passend, angenehm

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how genehm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich komme dann heute Abend vorbei, wenns genehm ist.
  2. Wir müssen nach einer Empfangsdame suchen, die allen genehm ist.

Antonyms

unangenehmunpassend

This word in other languages

acceptable(English)agréable(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnehm
  • geenhm
  • genehhm
  • genehmm
  • genemh
  • genhem
  • gennehm
  • ggenehm
  • gneehm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genehm - 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.

egnehm2geenhm2genehhm1genehmm1genemh2genhem2gennehm1ggenehm1
Edit distance from "genehm"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "genehm"?
"genehm" is spelled G-E-N-E-H-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈneːm].
What does "genehm" mean?
As an adjective, "genehm" means: passend, angenehm
What words are commonly confused with "genehm"?
"genehm" is commonly confused with "Genen", "Genom", "Gewehr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "genehm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genehm" is [ɡəˈneːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "genehm" come from?
"genehm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "genehm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grillo#48,193guckte#48,198hoffst#48,225Hybris#48,236

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

falling9 variantsFabienne9 variantsEmpirie9 variantsdämmert9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list