gewöhnen
[ɡəˈvøːnən]
The verdict
“gewöhnen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,068
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich an einen Brauch oder an eine Umgebung anpassen, so dass sie nicht mehr neue Erfahrungen sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewohnen · gewöhnen · German
gewöhnen · rank #8,068 · 12 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,068
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gesprächen
Nearest frequency peer: Gesprächen (-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 „gewöhnen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Geräusch
Geräusch
91,936 corpus weight
- Geräusche
Geräusche
91,935 corpus weight
- Gesprächen
Gesprächen
91,934 corpus weight
- gewöhnen
gewöhnen
91,933 corpus weight
- glücklicher
glücklicher
91,931 corpus weight
- Grill
Grill
91,930 corpus weight
What this shows „gewöhnen“ 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 | gewöhnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvøːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gewöhnen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around gewöhnen (IPA [ɡəˈvøːnən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,068 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gewöhnen, with forms such as "egwöhnen", "gewhönen", and "gewwöhnen". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "gewohnt", "geworden", "gewonnen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gewöhnen, spelled G-E-W-Ö-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich an einen Brauch oder an eine Umgebung anpassen, so dass sie nicht mehr neue Erfahrungen sind
- 2jemanden an etwas gewöhnen: Sorgen dafür, dass jemand sich allmählich an etwas gewöhnt^([1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gewöhnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe mich von klein auf daran gewöhnt, früh aufzustehen.
Nach einigen Minuten in dem Keller haben meine Augen sich an die Dunkelheit gewöhnt.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egwöhnen
- gewhönen
- gewwöhnen
- gewöhenn
- gewöhhnen
- gewöhnenn
- gewöhnne
- gewöhnnen
- gewönhen
- geöwhnen
- ggewöhnen
- gweöhnen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gewöhnen - 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 "gewöhnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).