Glied
[ɡliːt]
The verdict
“Glied” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,168
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein verbundenes Teil oder Stück - allgemein: Teil eines Ganzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-glied · Glied · German
Glied · rank #16,168 · 7 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,168
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH glänzen
Nearest frequency peer: glänzen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Glied”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gesellen
Gesellen
83,837 corpus weight
- gesetzte
gesetzte
83,836 corpus weight
- Gesichtsaus…
Gesichtsausdruck
83,835 corpus weight
- Glied
Glied
83,833 corpus weight
- glänzen
glänzen
83,832 corpus weight
- Grundgesetz…
Grundgesetzes
83,831 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Glied” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Glied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡliːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Glied” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Glied (IPA [ɡliːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,168 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glied, with forms such as "gglied", "giled", and "gleid". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "guild", "gries", "Glieder", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Glied, spelled G-L-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1ein verbundenes Teil oder Stück - allgemein: Teil eines Ganzen
- 2ein Körperteil
- 3das Begattungsorgan männlicher Tiere; speziell: ein äußeres Geschlechtsorgan des Mannes
- 4die Aufstellung, bei der die Soldaten sehr dicht nebeneinander in einer Linie stehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was ist nun das fehlende Glied in der Kette?
Ihm schmerzten alle Glieder.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglied
- giled
- gleid
- glide
- gliedd
- gllied
- lgied
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glied - 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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Glied", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Glied". Here's where to go from here.
- "Glied" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "guild". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,168 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.