Gerdes
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The verdict
“Gerdes” is uncommon German (frequency #69,267 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,267
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerdes · Gerdes · German
Gerdes · rank #69,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,267
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gerangel
Nearest frequency peer: Gerangel (-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 „Gerdes“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- gerichtlich…
gerichtlicher
30,732 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gerdes“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gerdes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gerdes“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gerdes is uncommon German at frequency #69,267 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gerdes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gerdes, spelled G-E-R-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gerdes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Gerdes ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Herr Gerdes wollte uns kein Interview geben.
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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