Gregor
[ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Gregor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,180
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-gregor · Gregor · German
Gregor · rank #5,180 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,180
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Götter
Nearest frequency peer: Götter (+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 „Gregor“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gestalt
Gestalt
94,825 corpus weight
- gewartet
gewartet
94,824 corpus weight
- Gregor
Gregor
94,821 corpus weight
- Götter
Götter
94,820 corpus weight
- half
half
94,819 corpus weight
- Handwerk
Handwerk
94,818 corpus weight
What this shows „Gregor“ 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 | Gregor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gregor“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gregor (IPA [ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,180 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gregor, with forms such as "gergor", "ggregor", and "greggor". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Gehör", "greco", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Gregor, spelled G-R-E-G-O-R.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gregor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Polizist Gregor ist nach zwei Jahren im Koma wieder aufgewacht.
„‚Gregor, Gregor,‘ rief er, ‚was ist denn?‘ Und nach einer kleinen Weile mahnte er nochmals mit tieferer Stimme: ‚Gregor! Gregor!‘ An der anderen Seitentür aber klagte leise die Schwester: ‚Gregor? Ist dir nicht wohl? Brauchst du etwas?‘ Nach beiden Seiten hin antwortete Gregor: ‚Bin schon fertig,‘ und bemühte sich, durch die sorgfältigste Aussprache und…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gergor
- ggregor
- greggor
- gregorr
- gregro
- greogr
- grgeor
- grregor
- rgegor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gregor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Gregor", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).