Gurgel

[ˈɡʊʁɡl̩]

/[ˈɡʊʁɡl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gurgel” is uncommon German (frequency #57,063 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,063
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kehle, Vorderseite des Halses

Corpus desk

Index DE-gurgel · Gurgel · German

Gurgel · rank #57,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,063
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gutschrift

Nearest frequency peer: Gutschrift (+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 „Gurgel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gurgel
PropertyValue
HeadwordGurgel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʊʁɡl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gurgel“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gutschrift“ (#57,064), „Gruppenfoto“ (#57,061), „gönnte“ (#57,065). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gurgel“ bei #57,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gurgel is uncommon German at frequency #57,063 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʊʁɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kehle, Vorderseite des Halses".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gurgel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gurgel, spelled G-U-R-G-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kehle, Vorderseite des Halses

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich habe ein unangenehmes Kratzen in der Gurgel.
  2. „Ich hatte mich kaum fünfzig Schritte vom Hause entfernt, als de Pienne mich einholte und erklärte, bevor Madame d'Aché Klage gegen mich führe, müßten wir uns an einen einsamen Platz begeben, um uns die Gurgel abzuschneiden.“

Synonyms

Kehle

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 "Gurgel"?
"Gurgel" is spelled G-U-R-G-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʊʁɡl̩].
What does "Gurgel" mean?
As a noun, "Gurgel" means: Kehle, Vorderseite des Halses
How do you pronounce "Gurgel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gurgel" is [ˈɡʊʁɡl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gurgel" come from?
"Gurgel" 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 "Gurgel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gönnte#57,065grasen#57,045Hippen#57,100Homann#57,105

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list