gönne
[ˈɡœnə]
The verdict
“gönne” sits in 18 confusable pairs (corpus #22,365) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #22,365
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
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 | gönne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡœnə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gönne” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for gönne is neighbouring look-alikes ("gore", "Grüne", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈɡœnə]. Frequency #22,365 among 54,401 “G” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gönne, with forms such as "ggönne", "gnöne", and "göne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "Grüne", "Götze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gönne, spelled G-Ö-N-N-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gönnen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggönne
- gnöne
- göne
- ögnne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gönne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gönne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-Ö-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡœnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gore” - see the side-by-side comparison. gönne vs gore
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Words at a similar German frequency
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.