Geschäft

[ɡəˈʃɛft]

/[ɡəˈʃɛft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geschäft” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,731
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gewinnorientierte Unternehmung; kaufmännische Transaktion; Austausch von Gütern und Dienstleistungen

Corpus desk

Index DE-geschaft · Geschäft · German

Geschäft · rank #1,731 · 13 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,731
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gelegenheit

Nearest frequency peer: Gelegenheit (-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 “Geschäft”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Geschäft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Geschäft vs geschah
50% similar
Geschäft vs geschaut
63% similar
Geschäft vs geschult
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Geschäft
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeschäft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃɛft]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,731
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Geschäft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Geschäft lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Geschäft (IPA [ɡəˈʃɛft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,731 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschäft, with forms such as "egschäft", "gecshäft", and "gescchäft". 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, "geschah", "geschaut", "geschult", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geschäft, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    gewinnorientierte Unternehmung; kaufmännische Transaktion; Austausch von Gütern und Dienstleistungen
  2. 2
    Gesamtmenge der Transaktionen im Handel
  3. 3
    Gewinn oder Ertrag aus einer Transaktion
  4. 4
    kaufmännische (meist private) Gesellschaft; gewerbliches Unternehmen
  5. 5
    Räumlichkeiten, in denen Waren zum Verkauf angeboten werden
  6. 6
    zu erledigende Angelegenheit, Tätigkeit
  7. 7
    Ausscheidung von Fäkalien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Geschäft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Claas und Saxbert machen schon seit 20 Jahren miteinander Geschäfte.
  2. „Erst als die Influencer anfingen, die Produkte in die Kamera zu halten, ging das Geschäft richtig los.“

This word in other languages

business(English)negocio(Español)affaire(Français)negócio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egschäft
  • gecshäft
  • gescchäft
  • geschfät
  • geschhäft
  • geschäfft
  • geschäftt
  • geschätf
  • gescähft
  • geshcäft
  • gesschäft
  • ggeschäft
  • gsechäft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschäft - 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.

egschäft2gecshäft2gescchäft1geschfät2geschhäft1geschäfft1geschäftt1geschätf2
Edit distance from "Geschäft"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Geschäft"?
"Geschäft" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃɛft].
What does "Geschäft" mean?
As a noun, "Geschäft" means: gewinnorientierte Unternehmung; kaufmännische Transaktion; Austausch von Gütern und Dienstleistungen
What words are commonly confused with "Geschäft"?
"Geschäft" is commonly confused with "geschah", "geschaut", "geschult". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Geschäft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geschäft" is [ɡəˈʃɛft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geschäft" come from?
"Geschäft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geschäft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entgegen#1,724beginnen#1,722Mittwoch#1,740ungefähr#1,717

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Milliarden13 variantsverdienen13 variantsschicken13 variantsangeboten13 variants

What to do next

You've looked up "Geschäft". Here's where to go from here.

  • "Geschäft" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "geschah". View pair
  • 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,731 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list