ghost
[ɡɔʊ̯st]
The verdict
“ghost” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,376
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ghosten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ghost · ghost · German
ghost · rank #15,376 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,376
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gewässern
Nearest frequency peer: Gewässern (-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 „ghost“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gestapo
Gestapo
84,628 corpus weight
- gewandt
gewandt
84,627 corpus weight
- Gewässern
Gewässern
84,626 corpus weight
- ghost
ghost
84,625 corpus weight
- Globus
Globus
84,624 corpus weight
- glänzt
glänzt
84,623 corpus weight
What this shows „ghost“ 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 | ghost |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡɔʊ̯st] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ghost“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ghost (IPA [ɡɔʊ̯st]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,376 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ghosten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ghost, with forms such as "gghost", "ghhost", and "ghosst". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Gott", "Gros", "goss", 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 ghost, spelled G-H-O-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ghosten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gghost
- ghhost
- ghosst
- ghostt
- ghots
- ghsot
- gohst
- hgost
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ghost - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "ghost", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).