gewählt
[ɡəˈvɛːlt]
The verdict
“gewählt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,036
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wählen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewahlt · gewählt · German
gewählt · rank #1,036 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,036
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geh
Nearest frequency peer: geh (-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 „gewählt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- fotos
fotos
98,968 corpus weight
- freuen
freuen
98,967 corpus weight
- geh
geh
98,966 corpus weight
- gewählt
gewählt
98,965 corpus weight
- John
John
98,964 corpus weight
- Lehrer
Lehrer
98,963 corpus weight
What this shows „gewählt“ 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 | gewählt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛːlt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gewählt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around gewählt (IPA [ɡəˈvɛːlt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,036 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wählen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gewählt, with forms such as "egwählt", "gewhält", and "gewwählt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewalt", "Gewähr", "gewohnt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gewählt, spelled G-E-W-Ä-H-L-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs wählen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egwählt
- gewhält
- gewwählt
- gewähhlt
- gewähllt
- gewähltt
- gewähtl
- gewälht
- geäwhlt
- ggewählt
- gweählt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gewählt - 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 "gewählt", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).