genauso

/[ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː]/ adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#951

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

genauso is anGermanadv. It means: auf die gleiche Weise, im gleichen Ausmaß Pronounced [ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː]. It ranks #951 in German word frequency. Often confused with Genus and Genuss.

Key facts for genauso
PropertyValue
Headwordgenauso
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#951
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of genauso in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for genauso is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː]. Corpus data places it at rank #951 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "auf die gleiche Weise, im gleichen Ausmaß".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for genauso, with forms such as "egnauso", "geanuso", and "genasuo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Genus", "Genuss", "genau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is genauso, spelled G-E-N-A-U-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf die gleiche Weise, im gleichen Ausmaß

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egnauso,geanuso,genasuo,genauos,genausso,gennauso,genuaso,ggenauso,gneauso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for genauso

Misspelling Variants of "genauso"

egnauso7geanuso7genasuo7genauos7genausso8gennauso8genuaso7ggenauso8
Misspelling Variants of "genauso"

Frequency rank: #951 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "genauso"?
"genauso" is spelled G-E-N-A-U-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː].
What does "genauso" mean?
As an adv, "genauso" means: auf die gleiche Weise, im gleichen Ausmaß
What words are commonly confused with "genauso"?
"genauso" is commonly confused with "Genus", "Genuss", "genau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "genauso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "genauso" is [ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "genauso" come from?
"genauso" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.