geringfügige

[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡə]

/[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“geringfügige” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,576
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig

Corpus desk

Index DE-geringfugige · geringfügige · German

geringfügige · rank #31,576 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,576
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Genitiv

Nearest frequency peer: Genitiv (-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 „geringfügige“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „geringfügige“ 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).

geringfügige vs geringfügigen
92% similar
geringfügige vs geringfügig
92% similar

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

Key facts for geringfügige
PropertyValue
Headwordgeringfügige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,576
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „geringfügige“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.geringfügigeliegt 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: „Genitiv“ (#31,575), „Gesamtausgabe“ (#31,577), „Generalprobe“ (#31,574). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geringfügige“ bei #31,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around geringfügige (IPA [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,576 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for geringfügige, with forms such as "egringfügige", "geirngfügige", and "gerignfügige". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "geringfügigen", "geringfügig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is geringfügige, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-F-Ü-G-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egringfügige
  • geirngfügige
  • gerignfügige
  • gerinfgügige
  • geringffügige
  • geringfgüige
  • geringfüggie
  • geringfüggige
  • geringfügieg
  • geringfügigge
  • geringfüigge
  • geringgfügige
  • geringüfgige
  • gerinngfügige
  • gernigfügige
  • gerringfügige
  • ggeringfügige
  • greingfügige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geringfügige - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egringfügige2geirngfügige2gerignfügige2gerinfgügige2geringffügige1geringfgüige2geringfüggie2geringfüggige1
Edit distance from "geringfügige"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Generalprobe#31,574geisteskrank#31,566Haushälterin#31,601Freiberufler#31,550

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

Fremdkörper18 variantsFormalitäten18 variantsFachbereiche18 variantseinzumischen18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list