Gaswerk
[ˈɡaːsˌvɛʁk]
The verdict
“Gaswerk” is uncommon German (frequency #81,571 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,571
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - technische Anlage, in der Gas (früher häufig beispielsweise durch Kohlevergasung) zu Heiz- oder Beleuchtungszwecken aufbereitet wird (beispielsweise zu Stadtgas oder Leuchtgas)
Corpus desk
Index DE-gaswerk · Gaswerk · German
Gaswerk · rank #81,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,571
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gasgrill
Nearest frequency peer: Gasgrill (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gaswerk“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- garnieren
garnieren
18,433 corpus weight
- Gartenparty
Gartenparty
18,432 corpus weight
- Gasgrill
Gasgrill
18,431 corpus weight
- Gaswerk
Gaswerk
18,430 corpus weight
- Gedankenspi…
Gedankenspiele
18,428 corpus weight
- Gefängnisze…
Gefängniszelle
18,427 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gaswerk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gaswerk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaːsˌvɛʁk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gaswerk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gaswerk is uncommon German at frequency #81,571 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaːsˌvɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gaswerk, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gaswerk, spelled G-A-S-W-E-R-K.
Definition
- 1technische Anlage, in der Gas (früher häufig beispielsweise durch Kohlevergasung) zu Heiz- oder Beleuchtungszwecken aufbereitet wird (beispielsweise zu Stadtgas oder Leuchtgas)
- 2Firma, die Erdgas speichert und über ein Gasnetz meist zu Heizzwecken verteilt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gaswerk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] die Engländer [bauen] Gaswerke nach Lebons Prinzip und beleuchten Fabrikhallen und Straßenzüge.
Am 31. Oktober 1899 wurde etwa in Wien-Simmering das erste kommunale Gaswerk der Stadt feierlich eröffnet - und die ersten städtischen Gaslaternen leuchteten in der Ringstraße.
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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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