gestehe

[ɡəˈʃteːə]

/[ɡəˈʃteːə]/ verb

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The verdict

“gestehe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,572
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gestehe · gestehe · German

gestehe · rank #25,572 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,572
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gesprochene

Nearest frequency peer: gesprochene (-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 „gestehe“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gestehe“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gestehe vs Gesten
57% similar
gestehe vs gestern
71% similar
gestehe vs gesteht
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gestehe
PropertyValue
Headwordgestehe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʃteːə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,572
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gestehe“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gesteheliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gesprochene“ (#25,571), „gestohlene“ (#25,573), „geschädigte“ (#25,570). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gestehe“ bei #25,572. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gestehe (IPA [ɡəˈʃteːə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,572 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gestehe, with forms such as "egstehe", "gesethe", and "gesstehe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Gesten", "gestern", "gesteht", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gestehe, spelled G-E-S-T-E-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestehen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egstehe
  • gesethe
  • gesstehe
  • gesteeh
  • gestehhe
  • gesthee
  • gesttehe
  • getsehe
  • ggestehe
  • gsetehe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gestehe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egstehe2gesethe2gesstehe1gesteeh2gestehhe1gesthee2gesttehe1getsehe2
Edit distance from "gestehe"

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 "gestehe"?
"gestehe" is spelled G-E-S-T-E-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃteːə].
What does "gestehe" mean?
As a verb, "gestehe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gestehen
What words are commonly confused with "gestehe"?
"gestehe" is commonly confused with "Gesten", "gestern", "gesteht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gestehe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gestehe" is [ɡəˈʃteːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gestehe" come from?
"gestehe" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gipfels#25,575glamour#25,576grotesk#25,579geilste#25,564

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Hollande10 variantsernennen10 variantscounter10 variantscoaches10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list