Gnosis
[ˈɡnoːzɪs]
The verdict
“Gnosis” is uncommon German (frequency #93,002 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,002
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sammelbegriff für vorchristliche und christliche Lehren des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts sowie für moderne esoterische Bewegungen mit Bezug auf die Lehren des Mittelalters
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gnosis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡnoːzɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gnosis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gnosis is uncommon German at frequency #93,002 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡnoːzɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gnosis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gnosis, spelled G-N-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Sammelbegriff für vorchristliche und christliche Lehren des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts sowie für moderne esoterische Bewegungen mit Bezug auf die Lehren des Mittelalters
- 2Wissen oder vermeintliches Wissen göttlicher Zusammenhänge
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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 “Gnosis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-N-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡnoːzɪs] (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.