gönn
[ɡœn]
The verdict
“gönn” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,582) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #25,582
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gonn · gönn · German
gönn · rank #25,582 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,582
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Guss
Nearest frequency peer: Guss (-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 “gönn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grotesk
grotesk
74,422 corpus weight
- Grünflächen
Grünflächen
74,421 corpus weight
- Guss
Guss
74,420 corpus weight
- gönn
gönn
74,419 corpus weight
- Halsband
Halsband
74,418 corpus weight
- Handschlag
Handschlag
74,417 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gönn” 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 | gönn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡœn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #25,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gönn” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for gönn is neighbouring look-alikes ("gun", "Gott", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ɡœn]. Frequency #25,582 among 5,117 “G” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gönn, with forms such as "ggönn", "gnön", and "gön". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gun", "Gott", "grün", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is gönn, spelled G-Ö-N-N.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggönn
- gnön
- gön
- ögnn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gönn - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gönn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "gönn" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gun". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #25,582 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.