gleicht
[ɡlaɪ̯çt]
The verdict
“gleicht” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,208
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
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 | gleicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡlaɪ̯çt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gleicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around gleicht (IPA [ɡlaɪ̯çt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,208 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gleicht, with forms such as "gelicht", "ggleicht", and "gleciht". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "glich", "gleitet", "Gicht", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 gleicht, spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gleichen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gelicht
- ggleicht
- gleciht
- gleiccht
- gleichht
- gleichtt
- gleicth
- gleihct
- gliecht
- glleicht
- lgeicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gleicht - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "gleicht"?
What does "gleicht" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "gleicht"?
How do you pronounce "gleicht"?
What language does "gleicht" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “gleicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-E-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡlaɪ̯çt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “glich” - see the side-by-side comparison. gleicht vs glich
- 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.