Geschwister

/[ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,191

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Geschwister is aGermannoun. It means: Gesamtheit der Schwestern Pronounced [ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ]. It ranks #6,191 in German word frequency. Often confused with Geschwistern.

Key facts for Geschwister
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeschwister
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,191
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Geschwister in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Geschwister is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,191 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for Geschwister, with forms such as "egschwister", "gecshwister", and "gescchwister". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Geschwistern", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Geschwister, spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-I-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Schwestern
  2. 2
    die Gesamtheit der Brüder und Schwestern einer Generation, Kinder derselben Eltern
  3. 3
    eines der Geschwister [2]

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egschwister,gecshwister,gescchwister,geschhwister,geschiwster,geschwisetr,geschwisster,geschwisterr,geschwistre,geschwistter,geschwitser,geschwsiter,geschwwister,gescwhister,geshcwister,gesschwister,ggeschwister,gsechwister

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Geschwister

Misspelling Variants of "Geschwister"

egschwister11gecshwister11gescchwister12geschhwister12geschiwster11geschwisetr11geschwisster12geschwisterr12
Misspelling Variants of "Geschwister"

Frequency rank: #6,191 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Geschwister"?
"Geschwister" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ].
What does "Geschwister" mean?
As a noun, "Geschwister" means: Gesamtheit der Schwestern
What words are commonly confused with "Geschwister"?
"Geschwister" is commonly confused with "Geschwistern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Geschwister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geschwister" is [ɡəˈʃvɪstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geschwister" come from?
"Geschwister" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.