Gettysburg
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The verdict
“Gettysburg” is uncommon German (frequency #89,001 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,001
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ort im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gettysburg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gettysburg” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gettysburg is uncommon German at frequency #89,001 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gettysburg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gettysburg, spelled G-E-T-T-Y-S-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Ort im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania
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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- The one correct German spelling is G-E-T-T-Y-S-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.