Gift

[ɡɪft]

/[ɡɪft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gift” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,799
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gesundheitsschädliche oder potenziell tödliche Substanz

Corpus desk

Index DE-gift · Gift · German

Gift · rank #6,799 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,799
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gekämpft

Nearest frequency peer: gekämpft (-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 „Gift“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Gift“ 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).

Gift vs gut
25% similar
Gift vs Gin
50% similar
Gift vs gil
25% similar

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

Key facts for Gift
PropertyValue
HeadwordGift
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɪft]
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,799
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gift“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Giftliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gekämpft“ (#6,798), „Gebäuden“ (#6,797), „Griechen“ (#6,801). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gift“ bei #6,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Gift (IPA [ɡɪft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,799 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gesundheitsschädliche oder potenziell tödliche Substanz".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gift, with forms such as "gfit", "ggift", and "gifft". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gut", "Gin", "gil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gift, spelled G-I-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    gesundheitsschädliche oder potenziell tödliche Substanz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hamlets Vater wurde vom eigenen Bruder mit Gift ermordet.
  2. „Jedes Ding ist Gift und kein Ding ist ohne Gift, allein die Dosis macht, dass ein Ding kein Gift ist.“ – (Paracelsus)

Synonyms

ToxinNoxe

Antonyms

AntidotGegengiftHeilmittel

This word in other languages

poison(English)veneno(Español)poison(Français)tóxico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gfit
  • ggift
  • gifft
  • giftt
  • gitf
  • igft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gift - 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.

gfit2ggift1gifft1giftt1gitf2igft2
Edit distance from "Gift"

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 "Gift"?
"Gift" is spelled G-I-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɪft].
What does "Gift" mean?
As a noun, "Gift" means: gesundheitsschädliche oder potenziell tödliche Substanz
What words are commonly confused with "Gift"?
"Gift" is commonly confused with "gut", "Gin", "gil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gift"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gift" is [ɡɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gift" come from?
"Gift" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gift", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fang#6,791Ichs#6,807brav#6,775safe#6,848

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

reste6 variantsSaft6 variantsToren6 variantsSven6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list