Gemäuer
[ɡəˈmɔɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Gemäuer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,436
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - altes Bauwerk
Corpus desk
Index DE-gemauer · Gemäuer · German
Gemäuer · rank #47,436 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,436
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gemäht
Nearest frequency peer: gemäht (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gemäuer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gemahlen
gemahlen
52,569 corpus weight
- Gemeindebez…
Gemeindebezirk
52,568 corpus weight
- gemeines
gemeines
52,567 corpus weight
- gemäht
gemäht
52,566 corpus weight
- Gemäuer
Gemäuer
52,565 corpus weight
- gepusht
gepusht
52,562 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gemäuer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Gemäuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmɔɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gemäuer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gemäuer (IPA [ɡəˈmɔɪ̯ɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,436 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gemäuer, with forms such as "egmäuer", "gemmäuer", and "gemuäer". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "genaue", "grauer", "genauer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Gemäuer, spelled G-E-M-Ä-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1altes Bauwerk
- 2altes Mauerwerk eines verfallenen Gebäudes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gemäuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dort liegt in der Höhe die Ruine Limburg, von welcher wenig Reste mehr vorhanden sind, trotzdem ist aus dem mittelalterlichen Gemäuer leicht das römische Gußgemäuer, welches noch Felsenhärte hat, herauszufinden.“
„Aber der Prophet fühlte sich in der festen Burg seines Gottes und in der Wartburg des sächsischen Kurfürsten sicherer als im Gemäuer eines ritterlichen Haudegens.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egmäuer
- gemmäuer
- gemuäer
- gemäeur
- gemäuerr
- gemäure
- geämuer
- ggemäuer
- gmeäuer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gemäuer - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gemäuer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.