genauso
[ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː]
The verdict
“genauso” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #951 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #951
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf die gleiche Weise, im gleichen Ausmaß
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 | genauso |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “genauso” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for genauso is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for genauso, with forms such as "egnauso", "geanuso", and "genasuo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Genus", "Genuss", "genau", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is genauso, spelled G-E-N-A-U-S-O.
Definition
- 1auf die gleiche Weise, im gleichen Ausmaß
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egnauso,geanuso,genasuo,genauos,genausso,gennauso,genuaso,ggenauso,gneauso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genauso - 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.
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Using “genauso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-A-U-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈnaʊ̯zoː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Genus” - see the side-by-side comparison. genauso vs Genus
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.