Transgender
[tʁansˈd͡ʒɛndɐ]
The verdict
“Transgender” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #24,956 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,956
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, deren Geschlechtsidentität nicht oder nicht vollständig mit dem in der Regel anhand äußerer Merkmale vor oder unmittelbar nach der Geburt zugewiesenen Geschlecht übereinstimmt
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 | Transgender |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁansˈd͡ʒɛndɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #24,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Transgender” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Transgender is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tʁansˈd͡ʒɛndɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,956 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, deren Geschlechtsidentität nicht oder nicht vollständig mit dem in der Regel anhand äußerer Merkmale vor oder unmittelbar nach der Geburt zugewiesenen Geschlecht übereinstimmt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Transgender, with forms such as "rtansgender", "tarnsgender", and "trangsender". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Transponder", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Transgender, spelled T-R-A-N-S-G-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, deren Geschlechtsidentität nicht oder nicht vollständig mit dem in der Regel anhand äußerer Merkmale vor oder unmittelbar nach der Geburt zugewiesenen Geschlecht übereinstimmt
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtansgender,tarnsgender,trangsender,trannsgender,transegnder,transgedner,transgendder,transgenderr,transgendre,transgenedr,transgennder,transggender,transgneder,transsgender,trasngender,trnasgender,trransgender,ttransgender
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Transgender - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Transgender”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-R-A-N-S-G-E-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [tʁansˈd͡ʒɛndɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Transponder” - see the side-by-side comparison. Transgender vs Transponder
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.