business

[ˈbɪznɪs]

/[ˈbɪznɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“business” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,880
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschäft, Tätigkeit, Arbeit, Beruf, Gewerbe

Corpus desk

Index DE-business · business · German

business · rank #2,880 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,880
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brand

Nearest frequency peer: Brand (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „business“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „business“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for business
PropertyValue
Headwordbusiness
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɪznɪs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,880
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „business“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.businessliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Brand“ (#2,879), „Carl“ (#2,881), „Bezirk“ (#2,878). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „business“ bei #2,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around business (IPA [ˈbɪznɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,880 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for business, with forms such as "bbusiness", "bsuiness", and "buisness". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is business, spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Geschäft, Tätigkeit, Arbeit, Beruf, Gewerbe
  2. 2
    Handel, Kaufmannsberuf, Geschäftsleben
  3. 3
    Geschäft, Firma, Unternehmen, Laden, Geschäftslokal
  4. 4
    Aufgabe, Pflicht, Recht
  5. 5
    Sache, Angelegenheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. What is his business?
  2. "At the window a face looks back out and for a moment is caught in the moonlight, then its ducks back inside to carry on with its business."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbusiness
  • bsuiness
  • buisness
  • busienss
  • busines
  • busineß
  • businness
  • businses
  • busniess
  • bussiness
  • ubsiness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of business - 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.

bbusiness1bsuiness2buisness2busienss2busines1busineß2businness1businses2
Edit distance from "business"

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 "business"?
"business" is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪznɪs].
What does "business" mean?
As a noun, "business" means: Geschäft, Tätigkeit, Arbeit, Beruf, Gewerbe
What are common misspellings of "business"?
Common misspellings include "bbusiness", "bsuiness", "buisness", "busienss", "busines". The correct spelling is "business".
How do you pronounce "business"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "business" is [ˈbɪznɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "business" come from?
"business" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "business", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dahinter#2,882Bescheid#2,875Bedenken#2,873gelaufen#2,894

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

besetzt11 variantswachsen11 variantssichern11 variantsRegionen11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list