Genick

[ɡəˈnɪk]

/[ɡəˈnɪk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Genick” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,146
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hinterer Bereich des Halses, die Halswirbelsäule

Corpus desk

Index DE-genick · Genick · German

Genick · rank #25,146 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,146
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geleistete

Nearest frequency peer: geleistete (-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 „Genick“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Genick“ 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).

Genick vs Gepäck
67% similar
Genick vs Genies
67% similar
Genick vs genial
50% similar

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

Key facts for Genick
PropertyValue
HeadwordGenick
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈnɪk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,146
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Genick“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Genickliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geleistete“ (#25,145), „geschluckt“ (#25,147), „gekommenen“ (#25,144). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Genick“ bei #25,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Genick (IPA [ɡəˈnɪk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,146 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "hinterer Bereich des Halses, die Halswirbelsäule".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Genick, with forms such as "egnick", "geinck", and "gencik". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Gepäck", "Genies", "genial", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Genick, spelled G-E-N-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    hinterer Bereich des Halses, die Halswirbelsäule

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Was tun bei steifem Genick? Hallo zusammen! Habt Ihr eventuell einen kleinen Tipp für mich … ?“
  2. „Wieder nickten die beiden Neger auf eine lebensgefährliche Art mit den Köpfen, denn es schien fast unmöglich, mit solcher Kraft eine solche Bewegung auszuführen, ohne das Genick dabei zu brechen.“

Synonyms

HalswirbelsäuleNacken

This word in other languages

nape(English)nuca(Español)nuque(Français)nuca(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnick
  • geinck
  • gencik
  • genicck
  • genickk
  • genikc
  • gennick
  • ggenick
  • gneick

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Genick - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egnick2geinck2gencik2genicck1genickk1genikc2gennick1ggenick1
Edit distance from "Genick"

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 "Genick"?
"Genick" is spelled G-E-N-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈnɪk].
What does "Genick" mean?
As a noun, "Genick" means: hinterer Bereich des Halses, die Halswirbelsäule
What words are commonly confused with "Genick"?
"Genick" is commonly confused with "Gepäck", "Genies", "genial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Genick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Genick" is [ɡəˈnɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Genick" come from?
"Genick" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list