Geburtshilfe
[ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌhɪlfə]
The verdict
“Geburtshilfe” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,729 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,729
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Teilgebiet der Gynäkologie, das sich mit dem normalen Geburtsablauf, mit dessen Komplikationen sowie der Betreuung von Schwangeren beschäftigt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geburtshilfe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌhɪlfə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #22,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geburtshilfe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Geburtshilfe is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌhɪlfə]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,729 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geburtshilfe, with forms such as "egburtshilfe", "gbeurtshilfe", and "gebburtshilfe". 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Geburtshilfe, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-I-L-F-E.
Definition
- 1Teilgebiet der Gynäkologie, das sich mit dem normalen Geburtsablauf, mit dessen Komplikationen sowie der Betreuung von Schwangeren beschäftigt
- 2professionelle Hilfsmaßnahme während der Geburt
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egburtshilfe,gbeurtshilfe,gebburtshilfe,gebrutshilfe,geburrtshilfe,gebursthilfe,geburthsilfe,geburtshhilfe,geburtshifle,geburtshilef,geburtshilffe,geburtshillfe,geburtshlife,geburtsihlfe,geburtsshilfe,geburttshilfe,gebutrshilfe,geubrtshilfe,ggeburtshilfe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geburtshilfe - 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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Using “Geburtshilfe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-I-L-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈbuːɐ̯t͡sˌhɪlfə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.