Generalgouverneur
[ɡenəˈʁaːlɡuvɛʁˌnøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Generalgouverneur” is uncommon German (frequency #75,692 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,692
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oberster Verwaltungsbeamter einer großen Region
Corpus desk
Index DE-generalgouverneur · Generalgouverneur · German
Generalgouverneur · rank #75,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,692
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gemeinsinn
Nearest frequency peer: Gemeinsinn (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Generalgouverneur“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gemaltes
gemaltes
24,312 corpus weight
- Gemeinsinn
Gemeinsinn
24,310 corpus weight
- Generalgouv…
Generalgouverneur
24,309 corpus weight
- Generalstabs
Generalstabs
24,308 corpus weight
- generations
generations
24,307 corpus weight
- Genitalvers…
Genitalverstümmelung
24,306 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Generalgouverneur“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Generalgouverneur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡenəˈʁaːlɡuvɛʁˌnøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #75,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Generalgouverneur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Generalgouverneur is uncommon German at frequency #75,692 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡenəˈʁaːlɡuvɛʁˌnøːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oberster Verwaltungsbeamter einer großen Region".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Generalgouverneur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Generalgouverneur, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1oberster Verwaltungsbeamter einer großen Region
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Generalgouverneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am 26. März 1873 erklärte der in Batavia residierende niederländische Generalgouverneur dem Sultan von Aceh den Krieg.“
„Der französische Generalgouverneur Dupleix war der Pionier auf dem Gebiet der Rekrutierung und Ausbildung indischer Infanterietruppen gewesen.“
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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