geraten

[ɡəˈʁaːtn̩]

/[ɡəˈʁaːtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“geraten” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,124
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zufällig/ ohne Absicht an den falschen Ort oder in eine unangenehme Situation kommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-geraten · geraten · German

geraten · rank #3,124 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,124
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gelingt

Nearest frequency peer: gelingt (-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 „geraten“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „geraten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

geraten vs Grafen
57% similar
geraten vs Graben
57% similar
geraten vs Grauen
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for geraten
PropertyValue
Headwordgeraten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʁaːtn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,124
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „geraten“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.geratenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gelingt“ (#3,123), „gestaltet“ (#3,125), „gegessen“ (#3,122). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geraten“ bei #3,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around geraten (IPA [ɡəˈʁaːtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,124 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for geraten, with forms such as "egraten", "gearten", and "geraetn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Grafen", "Graben", "Grauen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is geraten, spelled G-E-R-A-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zufällig/ ohne Absicht an den falschen Ort oder in eine unangenehme Situation kommen
  2. 2
    erfolgreich zu Ende gebracht werden
  3. 3
    jemandem ähnlich sehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how geraten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „So kann der Prozess im Idealfall korrigiert werden, noch bevor dieser außer Kontrolle gerät und möglicherweise fehlerhafte Teile produziert werden.“
  2. „Oft erzählte er uns viele wunderbare Geschichten und geriet darüber so in Eifer, dass ihm die Pfeife immer ausging, die ich, ihm brennend Papier hinhaltend, wieder anzünden musste, welches mir denn ein Hauptspaß war.“

Antonyms

misslingen

This word in other languages

fall into(English)caer(Español)se retrouver(Français)lograr(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egraten
  • gearten
  • geraetn
  • geratenn
  • geratne
  • geratten
  • gerraten
  • gertaen
  • ggeraten
  • greaten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geraten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egraten2gearten2geraetn2geratenn1geratne2geratten1gerraten1gertaen2
Edit distance from "geraten"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geraten"?
"geraten" is spelled G-E-R-A-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁaːtn̩].
What does "geraten" mean?
As a verb, "geraten" means: zufällig/ ohne Absicht an den falschen Ort oder in eine unangenehme Situation kommen
What words are commonly confused with "geraten"?
"geraten" is commonly confused with "Grafen", "Graben", "Grauen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geraten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geraten" is [ɡəˈʁaːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geraten" come from?
"geraten" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gelingt#3,123Heilige#3,127Gabriel#3,118liefert#3,134

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Magazin10 variantsTurnier10 variantsstirbt10 variantsBeamten10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list