geri
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The verdict
“geri” is uncommon German (frequency #68,269 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,269
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infinitiv Präsens Passiv des Verbs gerere
Corpus desk
Index DE-geri · geri · German
geri · rank #68,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,269
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gerhards
Nearest frequency peer: Gerhards (-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 “geri”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geradlinige
geradlinige
31,735 corpus weight
- geregelter
geregelter
31,734 corpus weight
- Gerhards
Gerhards
31,733 corpus weight
- geri
geri
31,732 corpus weight
- gesamtgesel…
gesamtgesellschaftlichen
31,730 corpus weight
- Gesamtjahr
Gesamtjahr
31,729 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “geri” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geri |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “geri” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
geri is uncommon German at frequency #68,269 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Infinitiv Präsens Passiv des Verbs gerere".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for geri, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists 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 geri, spelled G-E-R-I.
Definition
- 1Infinitiv Präsens Passiv des Verbs gerere
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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