Gitarre

Name: Gitarre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡiˈtaʁə]

/[ɡiˈtaʁə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Gitarre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,706
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein populäres Zupfinstrument mit vier bis zwölf Saiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-gitarre · Gitarre · German

Gitarre · rank #4,706 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #4,706
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH geleitet

Nearest frequency peer: geleitet (-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.

Friedhof

95,298
Fuchs

95,297
geleitet

95,296
Gitarre

95,295
Grafik

95,294
ideal

95,293

What this shows „Gitarre“ 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).

Gitarre vs Gitarren

88% similar

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

Key facts for Gitarre
Property	Value
Headword	Gitarre
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ɡiˈtaʁə]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#4,706
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gitarre“

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

#4,706

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geleitet“ (#4,705), „Grafik“ (#4,707), „Fuchs“ (#4,704). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gitarre“ bei #4,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Gitarre (IPA [ɡiˈtaʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,706 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein populäres Zupfinstrument mit vier bis zwölf Saiten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gitarre, with forms such as "ggitarre", "giatrre", and "gitare". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Gitarren", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gitarre, spelled G-I-T-A-R-R-E.

Definition

1
ein populäres Zupfinstrument mit vier bis zwölf Saiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

An einem Lagerfeuer darf die Gitarre nicht fehlen.
„Anisja Feodorowna ging mit ihrem leichten Gange bereitwillig hinaus, um den Auftrag ihres Herrn auszuführen, und kam dann mit der Gitarre wieder.“

Synonyms

KlampfeZupfgeige

This word in other languages

guitar(English)guitarra(Español)guitare(Français)guitarra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ggitarre
giatrre
gitare
gitarer
gitrare
gittarre
gtiarre
igtarre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Gitarre"

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 "Gitarre"?

"Gitarre" is spelled G-I-T-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡiˈtaʁə].

What does "Gitarre" mean?

As a noun, "Gitarre" means: ein populäres Zupfinstrument mit vier bis zwölf Saiten

What words are commonly confused with "Gitarre"?

"Gitarre" is commonly confused with "Gitarren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Gitarre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gitarre" is [ɡiˈtaʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Gitarre" come from?

"Gitarre" 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 "Gitarre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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