Gesuch
[ɡəˈzuːx]
The verdict
“Gesuch” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,430
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schreiben, das jemand an eine Behörde richtet, um eine Genehmigung oder Bewilligung zu erhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesuch · Gesuch · German
Gesuch · rank #26,430 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,430
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH geschmeidig
Nearest frequency peer: geschmeidig (-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 „Gesuch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Geschichtsw…
Geschichtswissenschaft
73,574 corpus weight
- Geschlossen…
Geschlossenheit
73,573 corpus weight
- geschmeidig
geschmeidig
73,572 corpus weight
- Gesuch
Gesuch
73,571 corpus weight
- gewaltsame
gewaltsame
73,570 corpus weight
- Gewerbesteu…
Gewerbesteuer
73,569 corpus weight
What this shows „Gesuch“ 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 | Gesuch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzuːx] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gesuch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gesuch (IPA [ɡəˈzuːx]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,430 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schreiben, das jemand an eine Behörde richtet, um eine Genehmigung oder Bewilligung zu erhalten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gesuch, with forms such as "egsuch", "gescuh", and "gessuch". 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 also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "gesund", "gesucht", "gesuchte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Gesuch, spelled G-E-S-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Schreiben, das jemand an eine Behörde richtet, um eine Genehmigung oder Bewilligung zu erhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gesuch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Militärdienstpflichtige, die keinen Militärdienst leisten wollen, können jederzeit ein Gesuch für Zulassung zum Zivilen Ersatzdienst stellen, Stellungspflichtige nach dem Besuch der Orientierungsveranstaltung der Militärbehörde.“
„Die Bürgerschaft hatte nach langen Gesuchen und mit hohen Gebühren vom Burgherrn die Erlaubnis bekommen, ihre Schafe auf den Wiesen außerhalb der Mauer weiden zu lassen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egsuch
- gescuh
- gessuch
- gesucch
- gesuchh
- gesuhc
- geusch
- ggesuch
- gseuch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gesuch - 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 "Gesuch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).