generell
[ɡenəˈʁɛl]
The verdict
“generell” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,718 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,718
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - allgemein verbindlich, immer gültig für alle oder fast alle Fälle
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 | generell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡenəˈʁɛl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “generell” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for generell is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡenəˈʁɛl]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,718 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "allgemein verbindlich, immer gültig für alle oder fast alle Fälle".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for generell, with forms such as "egnerell", "geenrell", and "geneerll". 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, "generelle", "generellen", "generelles", 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 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 generell, spelled G-E-N-E-R-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1allgemein verbindlich, immer gültig für alle oder fast alle Fälle
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egnerell,geenrell,geneerll,generel,generlel,generrell,gennerell,genreell,ggenerell,gneerell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of generell - 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 “generell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-E-R-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡenəˈʁɛl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “generelle” - see the side-by-side comparison. generell vs generelle
- 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.