Geschäften
[ɡəˈʃɛftn̩]
The verdict
“Geschäften” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,721
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geschäft
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschaften · Geschäften · German
Geschäften · rank #8,721 · 16 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,721
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gesamt
Nearest frequency peer: gesamt (-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 “Geschäften”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gebühr
Gebühr
91,283 corpus weight
- Gefühlen
Gefühlen
91,282 corpus weight
- gesamt
gesamt
91,281 corpus weight
- Geschäften
Geschäften
91,280 corpus weight
- Gläubigen
Gläubigen
91,279 corpus weight
- graue
graue
91,278 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Geschäften” 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 | Geschäften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛftn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Geschäften” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Geschäften (IPA [ɡəˈʃɛftn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,721 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geschäft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschäften, with forms such as "egschäften", "gecshäften", and "gescchäften". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Geschäfts", "geschlafen", "geschaltet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Geschäften, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Geschäft
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egschäften
- gecshäften
- gescchäften
- geschfäten
- geschhäften
- geschäfetn
- geschäfften
- geschäftenn
- geschäftne
- geschäftten
- geschätfen
- gescähften
- geshcäften
- gesschäften
- ggeschäften
- gsechäften
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschäften - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geschäften", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Geschäften". Here's where to go from here.
- "Geschäften" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Geschäfts". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,721 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.