Geruch
[ɡəˈʁʊx]
The verdict
“Geruch” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,369 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,369
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch das Geruchsorgan wahrgenommene Ausdünstung; subjektive Sinneswahrnehmung
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 | Geruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁʊx] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geruch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Geruch is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʁʊx]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,369 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geruch, with forms such as "egruch", "gercuh", and "gerruch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Gerüst", "Gesuch", "gerügt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Geruch, spelled G-E-R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1durch das Geruchsorgan wahrgenommene Ausdünstung; subjektive Sinneswahrnehmung
- 2Fähigkeit zu riechen, einer der fünf klassischen Sinne
- 3der Geruchsstoff selbst; objektive Materie die von [1] und [2] subjektiviert wird
- 4das Ansehen, das jemand bei anderen hat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egruch,gercuh,gerruch,gerucch,geruchh,geruhc,geurch,ggeruch,greuch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geruch - 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.
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Using “Geruch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-R-U-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʁʊx] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gerüst” - see the side-by-side comparison. Geruch vs Gerüst
- 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.