nachgegangen
[ˈnaːxɡəˌɡaŋən]
The verdict
“nachgegangen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,537
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachgehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nachgegangen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnaːxɡəˌɡaŋən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #26,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nachgegangen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around nachgegangen (IPA [ˈnaːxɡəˌɡaŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,537 among 26,919 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachgehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for nachgegangen, with forms such as "anchgegangen", "nacchgegangen", and "nacghegangen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nachgegangen, spelled N-A-C-H-G-E-G-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs nachgehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anchgegangen
- nacchgegangen
- nacghegangen
- nacheggangen
- nachgeagngen
- nachgegagnen
- nachgeganegn
- nachgegangenn
- nachgeganggen
- nachgegangne
- nachgeganngen
- nachgeggangen
- nachgegnagen
- nachggeangen
- nachggegangen
- nachhgegangen
- nahcgegangen
- ncahgegangen
- nnachgegangen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nachgegangen - 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 “nachgegangen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-C-H-G-E-G-A-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnaːxɡəˌɡaŋən] (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.