genauer

Name: genauer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡəˈnaʊ̯ɐ]

/[ɡəˈnaʊ̯ɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“genauer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,766
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-genauer · genauer · German

genauer · rank #2,766 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,766
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH geholfen

Nearest frequency peer: geholfen (-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.

Fick

97,238
Frühjahr

97,237
geholfen

97,236
genauer

97,235
genügend

97,234
Graf

97,233

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

genauer vs gender

71% similar

genauer vs Genfer

57% similar

genauer vs grauer

71% similar

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

Key facts for genauer
Property	Value
Headword	genauer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɡəˈnaʊ̯ɐ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#2,766
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „genauer“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.genauerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#2,766

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „geholfen“ (#2,765), „genügend“ (#2,767), „Frühjahr“ (#2,764). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „genauer“ bei #2,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around genauer (IPA [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,766 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for genauer, with forms such as "egnauer", "geanuer", and "genaeur". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gender", "Genfer", "grauer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is genauer, spelled G-E-N-A-U-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
3
Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
4
Genitiv Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau
5
Nominativ Singular Positiv Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs genau

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egnauer
geanuer
genaeur
genauerr
genaure
gennauer
genuaer
ggenauer
gneauer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genauer - 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.

Edit distance from "genauer"

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 "genauer"?

"genauer" is spelled G-E-N-A-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ɐ].

What does "genauer" mean?

As an adjective, "genauer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs genau

What words are commonly confused with "genauer"?

"genauer" is commonly confused with "gender", "Genfer", "grauer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "genauer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genauer" is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "genauer" come from?

"genauer" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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