getreu
[ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯]
The verdict
“getreu” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,626
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - treu und loyal gegenüber jemandem
Corpus desk
Index DE-getreu · getreu · German
getreu · rank #21,626 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,626
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gestresst
Nearest frequency peer: gestresst (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “getreu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gestank
Gestank
78,378 corpus weight
- gestreckt
gestreckt
78,377 corpus weight
- gestresst
gestresst
78,376 corpus weight
- getreu
getreu
78,375 corpus weight
- Gewähr
Gewähr
78,374 corpus weight
- geöffneten
geöffneten
78,373 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “getreu” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | getreu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “getreu” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around getreu (IPA [ɡəˈtʁɔɪ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,626 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for getreu, with forms such as "egtreu", "gerteu", and "geteru". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Getue", "getreuen", "Genre", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is getreu, spelled G-E-T-R-E-U.
Definition
- 1treu und loyal gegenüber jemandem
- 2einer Vorgabe genau folgend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how getreu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine getreue Gefolgschaft wird mir zur Hilfe eilen.
Er folgte der Anordnung getreu.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egtreu
- gerteu
- geteru
- getrreu
- getrue
- gettreu
- ggetreu
- gtereu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of getreu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "getreu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "getreu". Here's where to go from here.
- "getreu" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Getue". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,626 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.