geschrieben

/[ɡəˈʃʁiːbn̩]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#856

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

geschrieben is anGermanadj. It means: schriftlich festgehalten Pronounced [ɡəˈʃʁiːbn̩]. It ranks #856 in German word frequency. Often confused with geschrien and geschwiegen.

Key facts for geschrieben
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschrieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈʃʁiːbn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#856
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for geschrieben is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃʁiːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #856 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schriftlich festgehalten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for geschrieben, with forms such as "egschrieben", "gecshrieben", and "gescchrieben". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "geschrien", "geschwiegen", "geschriebene", 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 geschrieben, spelled G-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schriftlich festgehalten

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egschrieben,gecshrieben,gescchrieben,geschhrieben,geschireben,geschreiben,geschribeen,geschriebben,geschriebenn,geschriebne,geschrieebn,geschrrieben,gescrhieben,geshcrieben,gesschrieben,ggeschrieben,gsechrieben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for geschrieben

Misspelling Variants of "geschrieben"

egschrieben11gecshrieben11gescchrieben12geschhrieben12geschireben11geschreiben11geschribeen11geschriebben12
Misspelling Variants of "geschrieben"

Frequency rank: #856 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geschrieben"?
"geschrieben" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃʁiːbn̩].
What does "geschrieben" mean?
As an adj, "geschrieben" means: schriftlich festgehalten
What words are commonly confused with "geschrieben"?
"geschrieben" is commonly confused with "geschrien", "geschwiegen", "geschriebene". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geschrieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschrieben" is [ɡəˈʃʁiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschrieben" come from?
"geschrieben" 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.