Glossen
[ˈɡlɔsn̩]
The verdict
“Glossen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,293 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,293
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Glosse
Corpus desk
Index DE-glossen · Glossen · German
Glossen · rank #68,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,293
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Globetrotter
Nearest frequency peer: Globetrotter (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Glossen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gitta
Gitta
31,712 corpus weight
- Glasfenster
Glasfenster
31,711 corpus weight
- Glinde
Glinde
31,710 corpus weight
- Globetrotter
Globetrotter
31,709 corpus weight
- Glossen
Glossen
31,708 corpus weight
- gottverdammt
gottverdammt
31,705 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glossen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glossen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɔsn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Glossen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Glossen is uncommon German at frequency #68,293 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlɔsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Glossen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Glossen, spelled G-L-O-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Glosse
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Glosse
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Glosse
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Glosse
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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