Grenzübergang
[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌɡaŋ]
The verdict
“Grenzübergang” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,085
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stelle, an der man eine Grenze zwischen Staaten passieren kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grenzübergang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌɡaŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #31,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grenzübergang” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Grenzübergang (IPA [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌɡaŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,085 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grenzübergang, with forms such as "gernzübergang", "ggrenzübergang", and "grennzübergang". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Grenzübergang, spelled G-R-E-N-Z-Ü-B-E-R-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Stelle, an der man eine Grenze zwischen Staaten passieren kann
- 2stetiges Fortsetzen, auch zu einer Definitionslücke; scheinbares Erreichen des Ziels durch unendlich kleine Annäherung
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gernzübergang,ggrenzübergang,grennzübergang,grenzbüergang,grenzzübergang,grenzübbergang,grenzübegrang,grenzüberagng,grenzübergagn,grenzübergangg,grenzüberganng,grenzüberggang,grenzübergnag,grenzüberrgang,grenzübregang,grenzüebrgang,grenüzbergang,greznübergang,grnezübergang,grrenzübergang,rgenzübergang
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grenzübergang - 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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Using “Grenzübergang”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-E-N-Z-Ü-B-E-R-G-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sʔyːbɐˌɡaŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.