Genossenschaft
[ɡəˈnɔsn̩ʃaft]
The verdict
“Genossenschaft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,439 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,439
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zusammenschluss von natürlichen oder juristischen Personen
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 | Genossenschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈnɔsn̩ʃaft] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #11,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Genossenschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Genossenschaft is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈnɔsn̩ʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,439 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zusammenschluss von natürlichen oder juristischen Personen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Genossenschaft, with forms such as "egnossenschaft", "gennossenschaft", and "genosenschaft". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Genossenschaften", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Genossenschaft, spelled G-E-N-O-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Zusammenschluss von natürlichen oder juristischen Personen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egnossenschaft,gennossenschaft,genosenschaft,genosesnschaft,genossencshaft,genossennschaft,genossenscahft,genossenscchaft,genossenschafft,genossenschaftt,genossenschatf,genossenschfat,genossenschhaft,genossenshcaft,genossensschaft,genossesnchaft,genossneschaft,genoßenschaft,gensosenschaft,geonssenschaft,ggenossenschaft,gneossenschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Genossenschaft - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Genossenschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-O-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈnɔsn̩ʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Genossenschaften” - see the side-by-side comparison. Genossenschaft vs Genossenschaften
- 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.