Gesellschafter

/[ɡəˈzɛlʃaftɐ]/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,032

in German word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Gesellschafter is aGermannoun. It means: Eigentümer beziehungsweise Miteigentümer einer Gesellschaft (eines Unternehmens) Pronounced [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftɐ]. It ranks #9,032 in German word frequency. Often confused with Gesellschaftern and Gesellschaft.

Key facts for Gesellschafter
PropertyValue
HeadwordGesellschafter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈzɛlʃaftɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#9,032
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gesellschafter is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,032 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 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gesellschafter, with forms such as "egsellschafter", "geesllschafter", and "gesellcshafter". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Gesellschaftern", "Gesellschaft", "Gesellschaften", 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 Gesellschafter, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-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
    Eigentümer beziehungsweise Miteigentümer einer Gesellschaft (eines Unternehmens)
  2. 2
    Person, die in der Gesellschaft gut ankommt und sich gut in Gesellschaft verhält und meistens als angenehmer und unterhaltsamer Gesprächspartner geschätzt wird
  3. 3
    Mann, der sich (gegen Bezahlung) als Liebhaber oder Begleiter einer Frau anbietet

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsellschafter,geesllschafter,gesellcshafter,gesellscahfter,gesellscchafter,gesellschafetr,gesellschaffter,gesellschafterr,gesellschaftre,gesellschaftter,gesellschatfer,gesellschfater,gesellschhafter,gesellshcafter,gesellsschafter,geselschafter,geselslchafter,geslelschafter,gessellschafter,ggesellschafter,gseellschafter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gesellschafter

Misspelling Variants of "Gesellschafter"

egsellschafter14geesllschafter14gesellcshafter14gesellscahfter14gesellscchafter15gesellschafetr14gesellschaffter15gesellschafterr15
Misspelling Variants of "Gesellschafter"

Frequency rank: #9,032 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gesellschafter"?
"Gesellschafter" is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftɐ].
What does "Gesellschafter" mean?
As a noun, "Gesellschafter" means: Eigentümer beziehungsweise Miteigentümer einer Gesellschaft (eines Unternehmens)
What words are commonly confused with "Gesellschafter"?
"Gesellschafter" is commonly confused with "Gesellschaftern", "Gesellschaft", "Gesellschaften". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gesellschafter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gesellschafter" is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gesellschafter" come from?
"Gesellschafter" 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.