gepflegter
[ɡəˈp͡fleːktɐ]
The verdict
“gepflegter” is uncommon German (frequency #62,448 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,448
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gepflegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gepflegter · gepflegter · German
gepflegter · rank #62,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,448
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gerechtfertig…
Nearest frequency peer: gerechtfertigte (+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 “gepflegter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gemüsegarten
Gemüsegarten
37,556 corpus weight
- generischen
generischen
37,555 corpus weight
- gepflegter
gepflegter
37,553 corpus weight
- gerechtfert…
gerechtfertigte
37,552 corpus weight
- gerissenen
gerissenen
37,551 corpus weight
- geritzt
geritzt
37,550 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gepflegter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gepflegter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈp͡fleːktɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gepflegter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gepflegter is uncommon German at frequency #62,448 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈp͡fleːktɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gepflegter in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gepflegter, spelled G-E-P-F-L-E-G-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gepflegt
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gepflegt
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gepflegt
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gepflegt
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gepflegt
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 "gepflegter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.