Gebrauch
[ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯x]
The verdict
“Gebrauch” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,583
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verwendung, Anwendung, Einsatz
Corpus desk
Index DE-gebrauch · Gebrauch · German
Gebrauch · rank #3,583 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,583
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Franzosen
Nearest frequency peer: Franzosen (-2 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 „Gebrauch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Feind
Feind
96,422 corpus weight
- Flügel
Flügel
96,421 corpus weight
- Franzosen
Franzosen
96,420 corpus weight
- Gebrauch
Gebrauch
96,418 corpus weight
- gehst
gehst
96,416 corpus weight
- genaue
genaue
96,415 corpus weight
What this shows „Gebrauch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gebrauch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯x] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gebrauch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Gebrauch (IPA [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯x]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,583 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gebrauch, with forms such as "egbrauch", "gberauch", and "gebaruch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Geruch", "gebraut", "Geräusch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 German form is Gebrauch, spelled G-E-B-R-A-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Verwendung, Anwendung, Einsatz
- 2Gepflogenheit; etwas, das man aus Tradition macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gebrauch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Maschine haben wir noch nicht in Gebrauch genommen.
[E-Roller:] „Eigentlich sollte es selbstverständlich sein, die Roller nach Gebrauch so abzustellen, dass sie niemanden behindern oder gar gefährden.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egbrauch
- gberauch
- gebaruch
- gebbrauch
- gebracuh
- gebraucch
- gebrauchh
- gebrauhc
- gebrrauch
- gebruach
- gerbauch
- ggebrauch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gebrauch - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gebrauch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).