Gneis
[ɡnaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Gneis” is uncommon German (frequency #79,241 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,241
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unter hohem Druck und bei hoher Temperatur durch Metamorphose entstandenes Gestein mit gebänderter oder gesprenkelter Textur, bestehend aus Feldspaten, Quarz und verschiedenen Glimmerarten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gneis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡnaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gneis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gneis is uncommon German at frequency #79,241 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡnaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unter hohem Druck und bei hoher Temperatur durch Metamorphose entstandenes Gestein mit gebänderter oder gesprenkelter Textur, bestehend aus Feldspaten, Quarz und verschiedenen Glimmerarten".
Zero misspellings are on record for Gneis in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gneis, spelled G-N-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1unter hohem Druck und bei hoher Temperatur durch Metamorphose entstandenes Gestein mit gebänderter oder gesprenkelter Textur, bestehend aus Feldspaten, Quarz und verschiedenen Glimmerarten
This word in other languages
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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Using “Gneis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-N-E-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡnaɪ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.