geringfügigen

Name: geringfügigen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡn̩]

/[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡn̩]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“geringfügigen” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,213. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,213
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-geringfugigen · geringfügigen · German

geringfügigen · rank #43,213 · 20 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,213
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH gerungen

Nearest frequency peer: gerungen (+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.

Georgs

56,791
gepisst

56,790
geringfügig…

56,788
gerungen

56,787
Gerüchteküc…

56,786
gesamter

56,785

What this shows Bars show where “geringfügigen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

geringfügigen vs geringfügig

85% similar

geringfügigen vs geringfügige

92% similar

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

Key facts for geringfügigen
Property	Value
Headword	geringfügigen
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡn̩]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#43,213
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “geringfügigen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.geringfügigenliegt hier:

#43,213

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „gerungen“ (#43,214), „gepisst“ (#43,211), „Gerüchteküche“ (#43,215). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around geringfügigen (IPA [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,213 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for geringfügigen, with forms such as "egringfügigen", "geirngfügigen", and "gerignfügigen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "geringfügig", "geringfügige", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is geringfügigen, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-F-Ü-G-I-G-E-N.

Definition

1
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
2
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
3
Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
4
Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
5
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
6
Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
7
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
8
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
9
Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
10
Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
11
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
12
Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egringfügigen
geirngfügigen
gerignfügigen
gerinfgügigen
geringffügigen
geringfgüigen
geringfüggien
geringfüggigen
geringfügiegn
geringfügigenn
geringfügiggen
geringfügigne
geringfüiggen
geringgfügigen
geringüfgigen
gerinngfügigen
gernigfügigen
gerringfügigen
ggeringfügigen
greingfügigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of geringfügigen - 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.

Edit distance from "geringfügigen"

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 "geringfügigen"?

"geringfügigen" is spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-F-Ü-G-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡn̩].

What does "geringfügigen" mean?

As an adjective, "geringfügigen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig

What words are commonly confused with "geringfügigen"?

"geringfügigen" is commonly confused with "geringfügig", "geringfügige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "geringfügigen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geringfügigen" is [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "geringfügigen" come from?

"geringfügigen" 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 "geringfügigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gerüchteküche#43,215 geschriebenes#43,218 Geburtsstunde#43,197 Gruppensieger#43,231

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

Geschlechtes20 variants Fernsteuerung20 variants Höchststrafe20 variants klassifizieren20 variants

What to do next

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"geringfügigen" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "geringfügig". View pair
20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
Usage frequency rank #43,213 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.