Gerangel
[ɡəˈʁaŋl̩]
The verdict
“Gerangel” is uncommon German (frequency #69,266 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,266
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anhaltendes, körperliches Rangeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerangel · Gerangel · German
Gerangel · rank #69,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,266
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gepflasterten
Nearest frequency peer: gepflasterten (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gerangel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- genauem
genauem
30,738 corpus weight
- Geographen
Geographen
30,737 corpus weight
- gepflastert…
gepflasterten
30,736 corpus weight
- Gerangel
Gerangel
30,735 corpus weight
- Gerdes
Gerdes
30,734 corpus weight
- Gere
Gere
30,733 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gerangel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gerangel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁaŋl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerangel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gerangel is uncommon German at frequency #69,266 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʁaŋl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gerangel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gerangel, spelled G-E-R-A-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1anhaltendes, körperliches Rangeln
- 2Auseinandersetzung um Einfluss, Posten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gerangel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unendlich lang dauerte das Gerangel, bis sie schließlich schweißnass mit geröteten Wangen aufeinanderlagen.“
This word in other languages
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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