Geschäftsleute
[ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌlɔɪ̯tə]
The verdict
“Geschäftsleute” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,739
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kaufmännisch tätige Personen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geschäftsleute |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌlɔɪ̯tə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #24,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geschäftsleute” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around Geschäftsleute (IPA [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌlɔɪ̯tə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,739 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kaufmännisch tätige Personen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschäftsleute, with forms such as "egschäftsleute", "gecshäftsleute", and "gescchäftsleute". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Geschäftsleute, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-F-T-S-L-E-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1kaufmännisch tätige Personen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egschäftsleute,gecshäftsleute,gescchäftsleute,geschfätsleute,geschhäftsleute,geschäfftsleute,geschäfstleute,geschäftlseute,geschäftselute,geschäftsletue,geschäftsleuet,geschäftsleutte,geschäftslleute,geschäftsluete,geschäftssleute,geschäfttsleute,geschätfsleute,gescähftsleute,geshcäftsleute,gesschäftsleute,ggeschäftsleute,gsechäftsleute
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschäftsleute - 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 “Geschäftsleute”
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-L-E-U-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʃɛft͡sˌlɔɪ̯tə] (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
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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.