geradeaus
[ɡəʁaːdəˈʔaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“geradeaus” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,370
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach vorne ohne Richtungsänderung
Corpus desk
Index DE-geradeaus · geradeaus · German
geradeaus · rank #15,370 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,370
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geographische
Nearest frequency peer: geographische (-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 „geradeaus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gemachte
gemachte
84,634 corpus weight
- genauere
genauere
84,633 corpus weight
- geographisc…
geographische
84,632 corpus weight
- geradeaus
geradeaus
84,631 corpus weight
- gerichtlich
gerichtlich
84,630 corpus weight
- geschmeckt
geschmeckt
84,629 corpus weight
What this shows „geradeaus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | geradeaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɡəʁaːdəˈʔaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „geradeaus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around geradeaus (IPA [ɡəʁaːdəˈʔaʊ̯s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #15,370 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nach vorne ohne Richtungsänderung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for geradeaus, with forms such as "egradeaus", "geardeaus", and "geradaeus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "geradezu", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is geradeaus, spelled G-E-R-A-D-E-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1nach vorne ohne Richtungsänderung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geradeaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um zum Kino zu gelangen, müssen sie nur zweihundert Meter geradeaus gehen.
Der Mann war so betrunken, dass er nicht mehr geradeaus gehen konnte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egradeaus
- geardeaus
- geradaeus
- geraddeaus
- geradeasu
- geradeauss
- geradeuas
- geraedaus
- gerdaeaus
- gerradeaus
- ggeradeaus
- greadeaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geradeaus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geradeaus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).