gestehen
\ɡə.ˈʃteː.ən\
The verdict
“gestehen” 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) - Avouer, confesser (un crime).
Corpus desk
Index FR-gestehen · gestehen · French
gestehen · 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 | gestehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡə.ˈʃteː.ən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gestehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡə.ˈʃteː.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gestehen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is gestehen, spelled G-E-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Avouer, confesser (un crime).
- 2Avouer, parler franchement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gestehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unter Folter gestand er alles.
Die Indizien sind klar, der Tatverdächtige muss den Mord nur noch gestehen.
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.