Gleis

Name: Gleis, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡlaɪ̯s]

/[ɡlaɪ̯s]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Gleis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,378
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge, der aus zwei parallel verlaufenden Schienen besteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-gleis · Gleis · German

Gleis · rank #9,378 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,378
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH gleichfalls

Nearest frequency peer: gleichfalls (-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.

geringeren

90,627
Geschäftsfü…

90,626
Gewitter

90,625
gleichfalls

90,624
Gleis

90,623
Haftung

90,621

What this shows „Gleis“ 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).

Gleis vs goes

40% similar

Gleis vs Glenn

60% similar

Gleis vs Greif

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Gleis
Property	Value
Headword	Gleis
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ɡlaɪ̯s]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#9,378
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gleis“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gleisliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#9,378

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gleichfalls“ (#9,377), „Gewitter“ (#9,376), „Haftung“ (#9,380). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gleis“ bei #9,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Gleis (IPA [ɡlaɪ̯s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,378 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge, der aus zwei parallel verlaufenden Schienen besteht".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gleis, with forms such as "gelis", "ggleis", and "gleiss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "goes", "Glenn", "Greif", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gleis, spelled G-L-E-I-S.

Definition

1
Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge, der aus zwei parallel verlaufenden Schienen besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gleis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Verzweigungen von Gleisen werden mit Eisenbahnweichen realisiert.
Zug 4711 fährt heute ausnahmsweise auf Gleis 3 ein.

Antonyms

Straße

This word in other languages

rail track(English)carril(Español)voie(Français)carril(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

gelis
ggleis
gleiss
glesi
glies
glleis
lgeis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gleis - 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.

Edit distance from "Gleis"

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 "Gleis"?

"Gleis" is spelled G-L-E-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡlaɪ̯s].

What does "Gleis" mean?

As a noun, "Gleis" means: Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge, der aus zwei parallel verlaufenden Schienen besteht

What words are commonly confused with "Gleis"?

"Gleis" is commonly confused with "goes", "Glenn", "Greif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Gleis"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gleis" is [ɡlaɪ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Gleis" come from?

"Gleis" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gleis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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