geometry

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The verdict

“geometry” is uncommon German (frequency #99,870 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,870
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Teilbereich der Mathematik; Geometrie

Corpus desk

Index DE-geometry · geometry · German

geometry · rank #99,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,870
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gepolsterte

Nearest frequency peer: gepolsterte (+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 “geometry”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “geometry” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for geometry
PropertyValue
Headwordgeometry
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “geometry” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). geometry lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geometry is uncommon German at frequency #99,870 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for geometry in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is geometry, spelled G-E-O-M-E-T-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilbereich der Mathematik; Geometrie
  2. 2
    Aufbau, Anordnung

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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Frequently Asked Questions

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As a noun, "geometry" means: Teilbereich der Mathematik; Geometrie
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list