gesunken
[ɡəˈzʊŋkn̩]
The verdict
“gesunken” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,212 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,212
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinken
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 | gesunken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzʊŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gesunken” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gesunken is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzʊŋkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,212 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gesunken, with forms such as "egsunken", "gesnuken", and "gessunken". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "getrunken", "gesunde", "gefunden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 gesunken, spelled G-E-S-U-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs sinken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egsunken,gesnuken,gessunken,gesuknen,gesunekn,gesunkenn,gesunkken,gesunkne,gesunnken,geusnken,ggesunken,gseunken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gesunken - 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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Using “gesunken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-U-N-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈzʊŋkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “getrunken” - see the side-by-side comparison. gesunken vs getrunken
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.