Geräusch
[ɡəˈʁɔɪ̯ʃ]
The verdict
“Geräusch” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,065
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - akustisch wahrnehmbarer, unspezifischer Vorgang; hörbares Ereignis
Corpus desk
Index DE-gerausch · Geräusch · German
Geräusch · rank #8,065 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,065
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Geräusche
Nearest frequency peer: Geräusche (+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 “Geräusch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Geheimnisse
Geheimnisse
91,939 corpus weight
- Geliebte
Geliebte
91,938 corpus weight
- Geräusch
Geräusch
91,936 corpus weight
- Geräusche
Geräusche
91,935 corpus weight
- Gesprächen
Gesprächen
91,934 corpus weight
- gewöhnen
gewöhnen
91,933 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Geräusch” 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 | Geräusch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁɔɪ̯ʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geräusch” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Geräusch (IPA [ɡəˈʁɔɪ̯ʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,065 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "akustisch wahrnehmbarer, unspezifischer Vorgang; hörbares Ereignis".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geräusch, with forms such as "egräusch", "gerräusch", and "geruäsch". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Geruch", "Geräusche", "getauscht", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Geräusch, spelled G-E-R-Ä-U-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1akustisch wahrnehmbarer, unspezifischer Vorgang; hörbares Ereignis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geräusch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Geräusch stört.
„Ursache für ein Geräusch sind Schwingungsvorgänge, die in der Regel nicht periodisch verlaufen und sich in ihrer Struktur zeitlich ändern können.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egräusch
- gerräusch
- geruäsch
- geräsuch
- geräucsh
- geräuscch
- geräuschh
- geräushc
- geräussch
- geärusch
- ggeräusch
- greäusch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geräusch - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geräusch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Geräusch". Here's where to go from here.
- "Geräusch" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Geruch". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,065 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.