gleicher
[ˈɡlaɪ̯çɐ]
The verdict
“gleicher” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,797. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,797
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich
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 | gleicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gleicher” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around gleicher (IPA [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,797 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gleicher, with forms such as "gelicher", "ggleicher", and "gleciher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "gleicht", "glichen", "gleiches", 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 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 gleicher, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gelicher
- ggleicher
- gleciher
- gleiccher
- gleicehr
- gleicherr
- gleichher
- gleichre
- gleihcer
- gliecher
- glleicher
- lgeicher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gleicher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gleicher”
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-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɐ] (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. gleicher vs gleicht
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.