gelangen
\ɡəˈlaŋən\
The verdict
“gelangen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parvenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gelangen · gelangen · French
gelangen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelangen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡəˈlaŋən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gelangen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gelangen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡəˈlaŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gelangen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gelangen, spelled G-E-L-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Parvenir.
- 2Obtenir.
- 3Obtenir.
- 4zu etwas gelangen: remplace une forme passive du verbe dans des textes formels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gelangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach mehreren Stunden Aufstieg gelangten wir zur Schutzhütte.
Steig hinab in den Krater des Sneffels Yocul, welchen der Schatten des Skartaris vor dem ersten Juli liebkost, kühner Wanderer, und Du wirst zum Mittelpunkt der Erde gelangen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.