Gespenst
[ɡəˈʃpɛnst]
The verdict
“Gespenst” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,601
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geist; ein meist Furcht einflößendes, übernatürliches Wesen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gespenst · Gespenst · German
Gespenst · rank #20,601 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,601
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geschwätz
Nearest frequency peer: Geschwätz (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Gespenst“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- geschissen
geschissen
79,402 corpus weight
- Geschwätz
Geschwätz
79,401 corpus weight
- Gespenst
Gespenst
79,400 corpus weight
- gestolpert
gestolpert
79,399 corpus weight
- Gewehre
Gewehre
79,398 corpus weight
- gewehrt
gewehrt
79,397 corpus weight
What this shows „Gespenst“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gespenst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃpɛnst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gespenst“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Gespenst (IPA [ɡəˈʃpɛnst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,601 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gespenst, with forms such as "egspenst", "gepsenst", and "gesepnst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gesperrt", "gesprengt", "Gespenster", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gespenst, spelled G-E-S-P-E-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1Geist; ein meist Furcht einflößendes, übernatürliches Wesen
- 2etwas Gewaltiges und Unheimliches, das schwer zu fassen ist und doch beherrschend im Raum steht oder untrennbar mit einer Sache verbunden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gespenst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der alten Villa haust ein Gespenst.
„Meine Bediensteten erschienen einen Augenblick darauf; auch sie hatten von den Gespenstern gehört und wollten mich überreden, die Nacht auf dem Pachtgut zu verbringen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egspenst
- gepsenst
- gesepnst
- gespennst
- gespensst
- gespenstt
- gespents
- gespesnt
- gespnest
- gesppenst
- gesspenst
- ggespenst
- gsepenst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gespenst - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Gespenst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).