Gespanne

[ɡəˈʃpanə]

/[ɡəˈʃpanə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gespanne” is uncommon German (frequency #82,817 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,817
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gespann

Corpus desk

Index DE-gespanne · Gespanne · German

Gespanne · rank #82,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,817
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gesonderter

Nearest frequency peer: gesonderter (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gespanne“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gespanne“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gespanne
PropertyValue
HeadwordGespanne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃpanə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,817
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gespanne“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gespannefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gesonderter“ (#82,816), „gestickt“ (#82,818), „Gesinnungen“ (#82,815). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gespanne“ bei #82,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gespanne is uncommon German at frequency #82,817 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃpanə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gespanne in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gespanne, spelled G-E-S-P-A-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gespann
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gespann
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gespann

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 "Gespanne"?
"Gespanne" is spelled G-E-S-P-A-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃpanə].
What does "Gespanne" mean?
As a noun, "Gespanne" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gespann
How do you pronounce "Gespanne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gespanne" is [ɡəˈʃpanə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gespanne" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gestickt#82,818Gevatter#82,821Geranien#82,800graviert#82,835

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list