geringe

[ɡəˈʁɪŋə]

/[ɡəˈʁɪŋə]/ adj

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The verdict

“geringe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,121
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gering

Corpus desk

Index DE-geringe · geringe · German

geringe · rank #4,121 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,121
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geprüft

Nearest frequency peer: geprüft (-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 „geringe“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „geringe“ 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).

geringe vs gerne
71% similar
geringe vs ginge
71% similar
geringe vs Gesine
57% similar

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

Key facts for geringe
PropertyValue
Headwordgeringe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʁɪŋə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,121
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „geringe“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geprüft“ (#4,120), „gewünscht“ (#4,122), „fühlte“ (#4,119). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geringe“ bei #4,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around geringe (IPA [ɡəˈʁɪŋə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,121 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for geringe, with forms such as "egringe", "geirnge", and "gerigne". 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, "gerne", "ginge", "Gesine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is geringe, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gering
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs gering

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egringe
  • geirnge
  • gerigne
  • gerineg
  • geringge
  • gerinnge
  • gernige
  • gerringe
  • ggeringe
  • greinge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geringe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egringe2geirnge2gerigne2gerineg2geringge1gerinnge1gernige2gerringe1
Edit distance from "geringe"

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 "geringe"?
"geringe" is spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɪŋə].
What does "geringe" mean?
As an adjective, "geringe" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gering
What words are commonly confused with "geringe"?
"geringe" is commonly confused with "gerne", "ginge", "Gesine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geringe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geringe" is [ɡəˈʁɪŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geringe" come from?
"geringe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

geprüft#4,120goldene#4,123erfährt#4,116dunklen#4,111

Similar misspelling depth

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

digital10 variantsbelegen10 variantsbefreit10 variantsOlympia10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list