Gevatterin
[ɡəˈfatəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Gevatterin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Form von Gevatter: Patin; Nachbarin, Verwandte und Ähnliches
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gevatterin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfatəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gevatterin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gevatterin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfatəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Form von Gevatter: Patin; Nachbarin, Verwandte und Ähnliches".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gevatterin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gevatterin, spelled G-E-V-A-T-T-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Form von Gevatter: Patin; Nachbarin, Verwandte und Ähnliches
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gevatterin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-V-A-T-T-E-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.