Gönner
[ˈɡœnɐ]
The verdict
“Gönner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,042
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wohlhabende, einflussreiche Person, die jemand anderen (Künstler oder Einrichtung) in seinen Bestrebungen mit Geld unterstützt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gonner · Gönner · German
Gönner · rank #26,042 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,042
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH guys
Nearest frequency peer: guys (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Gönner“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gründungsmi…
Gründungsmitglied
73,962 corpus weight
- Gummersbach
Gummersbach
73,961 corpus weight
- guys
guys
73,960 corpus weight
- Gönner
Gönner
73,959 corpus weight
- handwerklic…
handwerkliche
73,958 corpus weight
- hausgemachte
hausgemachte
73,957 corpus weight
What this shows „Gönner“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Gönner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡœnɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gönner“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Gönner (IPA [ˈɡœnɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,042 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "wohlhabende, einflussreiche Person, die jemand anderen (Künstler oder Einrichtung) in seinen Bestrebungen mit Geld unterstützt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gönner, with forms such as "ggönner", "gnöner", and "gönenr". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "gönnt", "Günter", "Götter", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gönner, spelled G-Ö-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1wohlhabende, einflussreiche Person, die jemand anderen (Künstler oder Einrichtung) in seinen Bestrebungen mit Geld unterstützt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gönner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der junge Künstler hat im Fürsten einen Gönner gefunden, der ihm ein gutes Auskommen ermöglicht.
Jeden Monat steckt der Gönner ihr 40 000 Baht (rund 2150 Mark) zu - mehr, als ein thailändischer Professor verdient.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggönner
- gnöner
- gönenr
- göner
- gönnerr
- gönnre
- ögnner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gönner - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gönner", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).