Geschäftsfrau
[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfʁaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Geschäftsfrau” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #44,646 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,646
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frau, die ein Geschäft betreibt oder Geschäfte macht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geschäftsfrau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfʁaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #44,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geschäftsfrau” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Geschäftsfrau is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfʁaʊ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,646 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Frau, die ein Geschäft betreibt oder Geschäfte macht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschäftsfrau, with forms such as "egschäftsfrau", "gecshäftsfrau", and "gescchäftsfrau". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Geschäftsfrau, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S-F-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1Frau, die ein Geschäft betreibt oder Geschäfte macht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egschäftsfrau,gecshäftsfrau,gescchäftsfrau,geschfätsfrau,geschhäftsfrau,geschäfftsfrau,geschäfstfrau,geschäftfsrau,geschäftsfaru,geschäftsffrau,geschäftsfrrau,geschäftsfrua,geschäftsrfau,geschäftssfrau,geschäfttsfrau,geschätfsfrau,gescähftsfrau,geshcäftsfrau,gesschäftsfrau,ggeschäftsfrau,gsechäftsfrau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschäftsfrau - 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 “Geschäftsfrau”
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-F-R-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfʁaʊ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.