Gottfried
[ˈɡɔtˌfʁiːt]
The verdict
“Gottfried” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,210
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gottfried |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔtˌfʁiːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gottfried” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gottfried (IPA [ˈɡɔtˌfʁiːt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,210 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gottfried, with forms such as "ggottfried", "gotfried", and "gotftried". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gottfried, spelled G-O-T-T-F-R-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggottfried,gotfried,gotftried,gottffried,gottfired,gottfreid,gottfride,gottfriedd,gottfrried,gottrfied,gtotfried,ogttfried
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gottfried - 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 “Gottfried”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-O-T-T-F-R-I-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡɔtˌfʁiːt] (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.