Gesang

/[ɡəˈzaŋ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,613

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gesang is aGermannoun. It means: Gebrauch der Stimme zur Klang- und Melodieerzeugung durch Menschen oder bestimmte Tiere Pronounced [ɡəˈzaŋ]. It ranks #4,613 in German word frequency. Often confused with getan and gesät.

Key facts for Gesang
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈzaŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,613
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gesang in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gesang is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzaŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,613 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gesang, with forms such as "egsang", "geasng", and "gesagn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "getan", "gesät", "gesund", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gesang, spelled G-E-S-A-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebrauch der Stimme zur Klang- und Melodieerzeugung durch Menschen oder bestimmte Tiere
  2. 2
    vertonte Dichtung, Lied
  3. 3
    Kapitel/Abschnitt eines Dichtwerks

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsang,geasng,gesagn,gesangg,gesanng,gesnag,gessang,ggesang,gseang

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gesang

Misspelling Variants of "Gesang"

egsang6geasng6gesagn6gesangg7gesanng7gesnag6gessang7ggesang7
Misspelling Variants of "Gesang"

Frequency rank: #4,613 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gesang"?
"Gesang" is spelled G-E-S-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzaŋ].
What does "Gesang" mean?
As a noun, "Gesang" means: Gebrauch der Stimme zur Klang- und Melodieerzeugung durch Menschen oder bestimmte Tiere
What words are commonly confused with "Gesang"?
"Gesang" is commonly confused with "getan", "gesät", "gesund". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gesang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesang" is [ɡəˈzaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gesang" come from?
"Gesang" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.