genaue

[ɡəˈnaʊ̯ə]

/[ɡəˈnaʊ̯ə]/ adj

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The verdict

“genaue” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,586
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau

Corpus desk

Index DE-genaue · genaue · German

genaue · rank #3,586 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,586
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gehst

Nearest frequency peer: gehst (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „genaue“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „genaue“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

genaue vs genug
67% similar
genaue vs Gnade
50% similar
genaue vs Genre
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for genaue
PropertyValue
Headwordgenaue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈnaʊ̯ə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,586
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „genaue“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).genaueliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gehst“ (#3,585), „geringer“ (#3,587), „Haufen“ (#3,588). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „genaue“ bei #3,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around genaue (IPA [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,586 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for genaue, with forms such as "egnaue", "geanue", and "genaeu". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "genug", "Gnade", "Genre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 genaue, spelled G-E-N-A-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs genau
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs genau

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnaue
  • geanue
  • genaeu
  • gennaue
  • genuae
  • ggenaue
  • gneaue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genaue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egnaue2geanue2genaeu2gennaue1genuae2ggenaue1gneaue2
Edit distance from "genaue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "genaue"?
"genaue" is spelled G-E-N-A-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ə].
What does "genaue" mean?
As an adjective, "genaue" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
What words are commonly confused with "genaue"?
"genaue" is commonly confused with "genug", "Gnade", "Genre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "genaue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genaue" is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "genaue" come from?
"genaue" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "genaue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Haufen#3,588Flügel#3,580hotels#3,592ersatz#3,576

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

gehst7 variantsFeind7 variantsChaos7 variantsberge7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list