gibst

[ɡiːpst]

/[ɡiːpst]/ verb

The verdict

“gibst” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,663
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-gibst · gibst · German

gibst · rank #6,663 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,663
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gestrichen

Nearest frequency peer: gestrichen (-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 „gibst“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gibst“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gibst vs GIS
0% similar
gibst vs gibt
80% similar
gibst vs gilt
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gibst
PropertyValue
Headwordgibst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡiːpst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,663
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gibst“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gibstliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gestrichen“ (#6,662), „gerissen“ (#6,661), „guckt“ (#6,665). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gibst“ bei #6,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gibst (IPA [ɡiːpst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,663 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gibst, with forms such as "gbist", "ggibst", and "gibbst". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "GIS", "gibt", "gilt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gibst, spelled G-I-B-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gbist
  • ggibst
  • gibbst
  • gibsst
  • gibstt
  • gibts
  • gisbt
  • igbst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gibst - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gbist2ggibst1gibbst1gibsst1gibstt1gibts2gisbt2igbst2
Edit distance from "gibst"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gibst"?
"gibst" is spelled G-I-B-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡiːpst].
What does "gibst" mean?
As a verb, "gibst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs geben
What words are commonly confused with "gibst"?
"gibst" is commonly confused with "GIS", "gibt", "gilt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gibst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gibst" is [ɡiːpst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gibst" come from?
"gibst" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gibst", 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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list