gespannter
[ɡəˈʃpantɐ]
The verdict
“gespannter” is uncommon German (frequency #88,995 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,995
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gespannt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gespannter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃpantɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gespannter” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gespannter is uncommon German at frequency #88,995 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃpantɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gespannter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 gespannter, spelled G-E-S-P-A-N-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gespannt
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gespannt
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gespannt
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gespannt
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gespannt
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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Using “gespannter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-P-A-N-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.