Gästebuch
[ˈɡɛstəˌbuːx]
The verdict
“Gästebuch” is uncommon German (frequency #57,927 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,927
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buch, ausgelegt für Besucher eines bestimmten Ortes, mit leeren Seiten, auf denen Kommentare und/oder Namen hinterlassen werden können, zum Beispiel um einem Gastgeber zu danken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gästebuch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛstəˌbuːx] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gästebuch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gästebuch is uncommon German at frequency #57,927 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛstəˌbuːx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gästebuch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Gästebuch, spelled G-Ä-S-T-E-B-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Buch, ausgelegt für Besucher eines bestimmten Ortes, mit leeren Seiten, auf denen Kommentare und/oder Namen hinterlassen werden können, zum Beispiel um einem Gastgeber zu danken
- 2besondere Form des Hinterlassens von Nachrichten auf Websites, speziell von Kommentaren zur Website oder ihrem Thema
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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 “Gästebuch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-Ä-S-T-E-B-U-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡɛstəˌbuːx] (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.