Gepäck
[ɡəˈpɛk]
The verdict
“Gepäck” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,189
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gesamte Ausrüstung für eine Reise, eine Wanderung oder einen Marsch
Corpus desk
Index DE-gepack · Gepäck · German
Gepäck · rank #6,189 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,189
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geistig
Nearest frequency peer: geistig (-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 “Gepäck”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- freu
freu
93,815 corpus weight
- geistig
geistig
93,813 corpus weight
- Gepäck
Gepäck
93,812 corpus weight
- Gerüchte
Gerüchte
93,811 corpus weight
- Geschwister
Geschwister
93,810 corpus weight
- gewechselt
gewechselt
93,809 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gepäck” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Gepäck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈpɛk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gepäck” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gepäck (IPA [ɡəˈpɛk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,189 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gesamte Ausrüstung für eine Reise, eine Wanderung oder einen Marsch".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gepäck, with forms such as "egpäck", "gepcäk", and "geppäck". 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, "gepackt", "geparkt", "Gebäck", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gepäck, spelled G-E-P-Ä-C-K.
Definition
- 1gesamte Ausrüstung für eine Reise, eine Wanderung oder einen Marsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gepäck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So viel Gepäck können wir kaum unterbringen.
„Und dann hat er wieder in seinem Gepäck gekramt und eine Bulette hervorgeholt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egpäck
- gepcäk
- geppäck
- gepäcck
- gepäckk
- gepäkc
- geäpck
- ggepäck
- gpeäck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gepäck - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gepäck", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.