gläubig
[ˈɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]
The verdict
“gläubig” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,330
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vertrauensvoll
Corpus desk
Index DE-glaubig · gläubig · German
gläubig · rank #27,330 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,330
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Goldberg
Nearest frequency peer: Goldberg (+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 „gläubig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gezündet
gezündet
72,675 corpus weight
- geänderte
geänderte
72,674 corpus weight
- gläubig
gläubig
72,671 corpus weight
- Goldberg
Goldberg
72,670 corpus weight
- Gronau
Gronau
72,669 corpus weight
- grub
grub
72,668 corpus weight
What this shows „gläubig“ 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 | gläubig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɔɪ̯bɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gläubig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around gläubig (IPA [ˈɡlɔɪ̯bɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,330 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gläubig, with forms such as "ggläubig", "glläubig", and "gluäbig". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "glaubt", "glaubst", "glaubte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gläubig, spelled G-L-Ä-U-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1vertrauensvoll
- 2eine religiöse Anschauung vertretend; an Gott oder Götter glaubend; gnostisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gläubig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie schauten gläubig zu ihrer Lehrerin, während sie den Beweis vortrug.
Der kleine Anton hatte unter den Zehnjährigen zahlreiche gläubige Anhänger.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggläubig
- glläubig
- gluäbig
- gläbuig
- gläubbig
- gläubgi
- gläubigg
- gläuibg
- gälubig
- lgäubig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gläubig - 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.
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 "gläubig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).