Gummiband

[ˈɡʊmiˌbant]

/[ˈɡʊmiˌbant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gummiband” is uncommon German (frequency #70,345 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,345
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein schmaler elastischer Streifen

Corpus desk

Index DE-gummiband · Gummiband · German

Gummiband · rank #70,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,345
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gutgläubig

Nearest frequency peer: gutgläubig (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gummiband“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gummiband“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gummiband
PropertyValue
HeadwordGummiband
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʊmiˌbant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gummiband“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gummibandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gutgläubig“ (#70,346), „Gänsen“ (#70,347), „Grundschullehrerin“ (#70,342). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gummiband“ bei #70,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gummiband is uncommon German at frequency #70,345 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʊmiˌbant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Gummiband doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gummiband, spelled G-U-M-M-I-B-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein schmaler elastischer Streifen
  2. 2
    ein ganz schmaler elastischer Streifen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gummiband appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das Gummiband der Unterhose spannt sich und drückt auf die Knöchel.“
  2. „Nachdem ich meine Hände gereinigt habe, befestige ich den Mundschutz, der von einem Gummiband gehalten wird.“

Synonyms

EinziehgummiGummiring

This word in other languages

élastique(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gummiband"?
"Gummiband" is spelled G-U-M-M-I-B-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʊmiˌbant].
What does "Gummiband" mean?
As a noun, "Gummiband" means: ein schmaler elastischer Streifen
How do you pronounce "Gummiband"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gummiband" is [ˈɡʊmiˌbant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gummiband" come from?
"Gummiband" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gummiband", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gesündere#70,319gesunkene#70,318Heldentat#70,375Heldentum#70,376

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list