Gleichnis
[ˈɡlaɪ̯çnɪs]
The verdict
“Gleichnis” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,147
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bildhafte Erzählung zur Veranschaulichung eines Gedankens zwecks der Erkenntnisvermittlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-gleichnis · Gleichnis · German
Gleichnis · rank #38,147 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #38,147
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH glasklar
Nearest frequency peer: glasklar (-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 „Gleichnis“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gewänder
Gewänder
61,858 corpus weight
- glasklar
glasklar
61,855 corpus weight
- Gleichnis
Gleichnis
61,854 corpus weight
- glücklichste
glücklichste
61,853 corpus weight
- Grammy
Grammy
61,852 corpus weight
- grausamer
grausamer
61,851 corpus weight
What this shows „Gleichnis“ 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 | Gleichnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaɪ̯çnɪs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gleichnis“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Gleichnis (IPA [ˈɡlaɪ̯çnɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,147 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gleichnis, with forms such as "gelichnis", "ggleichnis", and "glecihnis". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gleiches", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gleichnis, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1bildhafte Erzählung zur Veranschaulichung eines Gedankens zwecks der Erkenntnisvermittlung
- 2Nachbildung, Kopie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gleichnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Platon drückte viele seiner Gedanken in Gleichnissen aus.
Ich habe ein Gleichnis der Skulptur geschaffen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gelichnis
- ggleichnis
- glecihnis
- gleicchnis
- gleichhnis
- gleichins
- gleichniss
- gleichnnis
- gleichnsi
- gleicnhis
- gleihcnis
- gliechnis
- glleichnis
- lgeichnis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gleichnis - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gleichnis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).