gewichen
[ɡəˈvɪçn̩]
The verdict
“gewichen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #39,391 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #39,391
- 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 weichen
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 | gewichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɪçn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gewichen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gewichen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈvɪçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,391 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs weichen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gewichen, with forms such as "egwichen", "geiwchen", and "gewcihen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewicht", "glichen", "gleichen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 gewichen, spelled G-E-W-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs weichen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egwichen,geiwchen,gewcihen,gewicchen,gewicehn,gewichenn,gewichhen,gewichne,gewihcen,gewwichen,ggewichen,gweichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gewichen - 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 “gewichen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈvɪçn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gewicht” - see the side-by-side comparison. gewichen vs Gewicht
- 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.