Genus
[ˈɡɛnʊs]
The verdict
“Genus” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,736
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grammatische Kategorie von Substantiven, Adjektiven, Artikeln, Pronomen (also von Nomen im traditionellen weiteren Sinn)
Corpus desk
Index DE-genus · Genus · German
Genus · rank #24,736 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,736
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Genetik
Nearest frequency peer: Genetik (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Genus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geistiges
geistiges
75,268 corpus weight
- Gelaber
Gelaber
75,267 corpus weight
- Genetik
Genetik
75,266 corpus weight
- Genus
Genus
75,265 corpus weight
- geringerem
geringerem
75,264 corpus weight
- geschäftlic…
geschäftliche
75,263 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Genus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Genus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛnʊs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Genus” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Genus (IPA [ˈɡɛnʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,736 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Genus, with forms such as "egnus", "gennus", and "gensu". 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, "GUS", "gnu", "guns", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Genus, spelled G-E-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1grammatische Kategorie von Substantiven, Adjektiven, Artikeln, Pronomen (also von Nomen im traditionellen weiteren Sinn)
- 2grammatische Kategorie von Verben
- 3Gattung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Genus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Genus ist nicht gleich dem Sexus (das grammatikalische unterscheidet sich vom natürlichen Geschlecht)
„Die kritischen Aussagen verweisen meistens auf die Flexion des Nomens und des Adjektivs und monieren implizit die Mißverhältnisse zwischen Formenvielfalt und Leistungen in den Bereichen Genus, Numerus und Kasus.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnus
- gennus
- gensu
- geuns
- ggenus
- gneus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Genus - 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.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Genus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Genus". Here's where to go from here.
- "Genus" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "GUS". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,736 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.