gleichen
[ˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“gleichen” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #763 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #763
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wenige oder keine Unterschiede zu einer anderen Sache aufweisen
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 | gleichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gleichen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gleichen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #763 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "wenige oder keine Unterschiede zu einer anderen Sache aufweisen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gleichen, with forms such as "gelichen", "ggleichen", and "glecihen". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "gleicht", "Gleisen", "gleiten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gleichen, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1wenige oder keine Unterschiede zu einer anderen Sache aufweisen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gelichen,ggleichen,glecihen,gleicchen,gleicehn,gleichenn,gleichhen,gleichne,gleihcen,gliechen,glleichen,lgeichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gleichen - 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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Using “gleichen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-E-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡlaɪ̯çn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gleicht” - see the side-by-side comparison. gleichen vs gleicht
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.