Gestein
[ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Gestein” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,720
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feste, natürlich auftretende, in der Regel mikroskopisch heterogene Vereinigung von Mineralen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gestein · Gestein · German
Gestein · rank #16,720 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,720
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gesichtern
Nearest frequency peer: Gesichtern (-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 „Gestein“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- geplatzt
geplatzt
83,284 corpus weight
- geschaltet
geschaltet
83,283 corpus weight
- Gesichtern
Gesichtern
83,282 corpus weight
- Gestein
Gestein
83,281 corpus weight
- Gitarrist
Gitarrist
83,280 corpus weight
- glass
glass
83,279 corpus weight
What this shows „Gestein“ 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 | Gestein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gestein“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gestein (IPA [ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯n]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,720 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gestein, with forms such as "egstein", "gesetin", and "gesstein". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Gesten", "Gestik", "gestern", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gestein, spelled G-E-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1feste, natürlich auftretende, in der Regel mikroskopisch heterogene Vereinigung von Mineralen
- 2die Gesamtheit von Steinen oder die Steinmasse im Sinne von Fels oder Gebirgsteilen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gestein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Gestein der Insel ist vulkanischen Ursprungs.
„Eine Eisenbahn pfiff, und aus dem Gestein züngelte der Zug hervor, ein gleitendes Jettband am Buchtrande.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egstein
- gesetin
- gesstein
- gesteinn
- gesteni
- gestien
- gesttein
- getsein
- ggestein
- gsetein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gestein - 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.
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 "Gestein", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).