Geschwür
[ɡəˈʃvyːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Geschwür” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,918
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewebsschaden der Haut, der durch eine Infektion oder mangelnde Durchblutung entstanden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschwur · Geschwür · German
Geschwür · rank #43,918 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,918
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geschmackvoll
Nearest frequency peer: geschmackvoll (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Geschwür“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gescheut
gescheut
56,086 corpus weight
- geschlüpft
geschlüpft
56,085 corpus weight
- geschmackvo…
geschmackvoll
56,084 corpus weight
- Geschwür
Geschwür
56,083 corpus weight
- geschäftsfü…
geschäftsführende
56,082 corpus weight
- Geschäftsja…
Geschäftsjahres
56,081 corpus weight
What this shows „Geschwür“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Geschwür |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃvyːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Geschwür“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Geschwür (IPA [ɡəˈʃvyːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,918 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gewebsschaden der Haut, der durch eine Infektion oder mangelnde Durchblutung entstanden ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschwür, with forms such as "egschwür", "gecshwür", and "gescchwür". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "geschaut", "Geschirr", "geschürt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 Geschwür, spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-Ü-R.
Definition
- 1Gewebsschaden der Haut, der durch eine Infektion oder mangelnde Durchblutung entstanden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geschwür appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Kopfende des Wurmes verursacht durch Abscheidungen ein taubeneigroßes Geschwür.
Typisch für die Hautveränderung ist ein linsen- bis münzengroßes, scharfrandiges und relativ oberflächliches Geschwür, das wie ausgestanzt erscheint.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egschwür
- gecshwür
- gescchwür
- geschhwür
- geschwrü
- geschwwür
- geschwürr
- geschüwr
- gescwhür
- geshcwür
- gesschwür
- ggeschwür
- gsechwür
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschwür - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geschwür", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).