Geschäftsführung
[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfyːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Geschäftsführung” has 27 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,375
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 27
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eine oder mehrere Personen, die ein Unternehmen / eine Firma leiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschaftsfuhrung · Geschäftsführung · German
Geschäftsführung · rank #9,375 · 27 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,375
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 27 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geringeren
Nearest frequency peer: geringeren (-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 “Geschäftsführung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- geguckt
geguckt
90,630 corpus weight
- geringeren
geringeren
90,627 corpus weight
- Geschäftsfü…
Geschäftsführung
90,626 corpus weight
- Gewitter
Gewitter
90,625 corpus weight
- gleichfalls
gleichfalls
90,624 corpus weight
- Gleis
Gleis
90,623 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Geschäftsführung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geschäftsführung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfyːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #9,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 27 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geschäftsführung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 27 spelling variants around Geschäftsführung (IPA [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌfyːʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,375 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 27 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschäftsführung, with forms such as "egschäftsführung", "gecshäftsführung", and "gescchäftsführung". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Geschäftsführung, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Eine oder mehrere Personen, die ein Unternehmen / eine Firma leiten
- 2Leitung eines Unternehmens / einer Firma durch [1] (Tätigkeit)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egschäftsführung
- gecshäftsführung
- gescchäftsführung
- geschfätsführung
- geschhäftsführung
- geschäfftsführung
- geschäfstführung
- geschäftfsührung
- geschäftsfführung
- geschäftsfhürung
- geschäftsfühhrung
- geschäftsführnug
- geschäftsführrung
- geschäftsführugn
- geschäftsführungg
- geschäftsführunng
- geschäftsfühurng
- geschäftsfürhung
- geschäftssführung
- geschäftsüfhrung
- geschäfttsführung
- geschätfsführung
- gescähftsführung
- geshcäftsführung
- gesschäftsführung
- ggeschäftsführung
- gsechäftsführung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschäftsführung - 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.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geschäftsführung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (27 here; floor ≥5).
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.