gemeinnützig
[ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌnʏt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“gemeinnützig” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,907
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Nutzen der Allgemeinheit dienend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gemeinnutzig · gemeinnützig · German
gemeinnützig · rank #43,907 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,907
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gelegenes
Nearest frequency peer: gelegenes (-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 “gemeinnützig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Geldscheine
Geldscheine
56,096 corpus weight
- gelegenes
gelegenes
56,095 corpus weight
- gemeinnützig
gemeinnützig
56,094 corpus weight
- gemeldete
gemeldete
56,093 corpus weight
- Gemäldes
Gemäldes
56,092 corpus weight
- genauestens
genauestens
56,091 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gemeinnützig” 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 | gemeinnützig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌnʏt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #43,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gemeinnützig” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around gemeinnützig (IPA [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌnʏt͡sɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,907 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "dem Nutzen der Allgemeinheit dienend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for gemeinnützig, with forms such as "egmeinnützig", "geeminnützig", and "gemeinntüzig". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gemeinnützige", "gemeinnützigen", "gemeinnütziger", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 gemeinnützig, spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-N-Ü-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1dem Nutzen der Allgemeinheit dienend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gemeinnützig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen eines Ladendiebstahls wurde die Jugendliche zu gemeinnütziger Arbeit verurteilt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egmeinnützig
- geeminnützig
- gemeinntüzig
- gemeinnütizg
- gemeinnüttzig
- gemeinnützgi
- gemeinnützigg
- gemeinnützzig
- gemeinnüztig
- gemeinüntzig
- gemeinützig
- gemeninützig
- gemiennützig
- gemmeinnützig
- ggemeinnützig
- gmeeinnützig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gemeinnützig - 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.
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 September 3, 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 "gemeinnützig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "gemeinnützig". Here's where to go from here.
- "gemeinnützig" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gemeinnützige". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #43,907 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.