Geburtsurkunde
[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə]
The verdict
“Geburtsurkunde” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,064
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - amtliches Dokument, das die Geburt und Abstammung eines Kindes beurkundet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geburtsurkunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #33,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geburtsurkunde” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around Geburtsurkunde (IPA [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,064 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geburtsurkunde, with forms such as "egburtsurkunde", "gbeurtsurkunde", and "gebburtsurkunde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Geburtsurkunde, spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-U-R-K-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1amtliches Dokument, das die Geburt und Abstammung eines Kindes beurkundet
- 2Urkunde im Geburtenregister über die Geburt einer Person sowie deren Namen und Abstammung
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egburtsurkunde,gbeurtsurkunde,gebburtsurkunde,gebrutsurkunde,geburrtsurkunde,gebursturkunde,geburtsrukunde,geburtssurkunde,geburtsukrunde,geburtsurkkunde,geburtsurknude,geburtsurkudne,geburtsurkundde,geburtsurkuned,geburtsurkunnde,geburtsurrkunde,geburtsuruknde,geburttsurkunde,geburtusrkunde,gebutrsurkunde,geubrtsurkunde,ggeburtsurkunde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geburtsurkunde - 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.
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 “Geburtsurkunde”
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-U-R-K-U-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə] (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
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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.