gesehnt
[ɡəˈzeːnt]
The verdict
“gesehnt” is uncommon German (frequency #76,832 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,832
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesehnt · gesehnt · German
gesehnt · rank #76,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,832
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gesellschafts…
Nearest frequency peer: gesellschaftsfähig (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gesehnt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gerichtsver…
Gerichtsverhandlungen
23,173 corpus weight
- geschleust
geschleust
23,171 corpus weight
- gesehnt
gesehnt
23,169 corpus weight
- gesellschaf…
gesellschaftsfähig
23,168 corpus weight
- gesenktem
gesenktem
23,167 corpus weight
- gespenstisc…
gespenstische
23,165 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gesehnt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gesehnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzeːnt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gesehnt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gesehnt is uncommon German at frequency #76,832 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈzeːnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sehnen".
gesehnt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gesehnt, spelled G-E-S-E-H-N-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sehnen
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gesehnt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.