Gespenstern
[ɡəˈʃpɛnstɐn]
The verdict
“Gespenstern” is uncommon German (frequency #98,503 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,503
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gespenst
Corpus desk
Index DE-gespenstern · Gespenstern · German
Gespenstern · rank #98,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,503
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gespendete
Nearest frequency peer: gespendete (-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 „Gespenstern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gesellschaf…
gesellschaftskritische
1,502 corpus weight
- Gesetzeslüc…
Gesetzeslücke
1,501 corpus weight
- gespendete
gespendete
1,499 corpus weight
- Gespenstern
Gespenstern
1,498 corpus weight
- Gespielin
Gespielin
1,497 corpus weight
- gestreiftes
gestreiftes
1,496 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gespenstern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gespenstern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃpɛnstɐn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gespenstern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gespenstern is uncommon German at frequency #98,503 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʃpɛnstɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gespenst".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gespenstern, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gespenstern, spelled G-E-S-P-E-N-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gespenst
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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