Geschäfts
[ɡəˈʃɛft͡s]
The verdict
“Geschäfts” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,376
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Geschäft
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 | Geschäfts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛft͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geschäfts” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Geschäfts (IPA [ɡəˈʃɛft͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,376 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Geschäft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschäfts, with forms such as "egschäfts", "gecshäfts", and "gescchäfts". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "geschaut", "geschämt", "Geschäft", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Geschäfts, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Geschäft
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egschäfts
- gecshäfts
- gescchäfts
- geschfäts
- geschhäfts
- geschäffts
- geschäfst
- geschäftss
- geschäftts
- geschätfs
- gescähfts
- geshcäfts
- gesschäfts
- ggeschäfts
- gsechäfts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschäfts - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Geschäfts”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʃɛft͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “geschaut” - see the side-by-side comparison. Geschäfts vs geschaut
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.