gleichgeschlechtliche
[ˈɡlaɪ̯çɡəˌʃlɛçtlɪçə]
The verdict
“gleichgeschlechtliche” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #26,436) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #26,436
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
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 | gleichgeschlechtliche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɡəˌʃlɛçtlɪçə] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Frequency rank | #26,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gleichgeschlechtliche” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for gleichgeschlechtliche is neighbouring look-alikes ("gleichgeschlechtlichen"), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɡəˌʃlɛçtlɪçə]. Frequency #26,436 among 54,401 “G” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gleichgeschlechtliche, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gleichgeschlechtlichen", 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 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 gleichgeschlechtliche, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-G-E-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-L-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gleichgeschlechtlich
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 “gleichgeschlechtliche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-E-I-C-H-G-E-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-L-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡlaɪ̯çɡəˌʃlɛçtlɪçə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gleichgeschlechtlichen” - see the side-by-side comparison. gleichgeschlechtliche vs gleichgeschlechtlichen
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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.