Gewächs

[ɡəˈvɛks]

/[ɡəˈvɛks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewächs” is uncommon German (frequency #62,461 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,461
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht näher bestimmte Pflanze

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewachs · Gewächs · German

Gewächs · rank #62,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,461
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH getarnte

Nearest frequency peer: getarnte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gewächs“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gewächs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gewächs
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewächs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvɛks]
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gewächs“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gewächsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „getarnte“ (#62,460), „Gewächshäuser“ (#62,462), „gestandene“ (#62,459). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewächs“ bei #62,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gewächs is uncommon German at frequency #62,461 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Gewächs in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gewächs, spelled G-E-W-Ä-C-H-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht näher bestimmte Pflanze
  2. 2
    Weinsorte
  3. 3
    Schwellung des Gewebes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gewächs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die überlieferten Schilderungen lassen darauf schließen, dass ein Gewächs den zentralen Inhaltsstoff lieferte; dessen Identität ist jedoch bis heute unklar.“
  2. „Alle drei Gewächse reichen dem sich erholenden Rentner bis zur Gürtellinie.“

Synonyms

PflanzeWeinGeschwulst

This word in other languages

plant(English)planta(Español)végétal(Français)planta(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gewächs"?
"Gewächs" is spelled G-E-W-Ä-C-H-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛks].
What does "Gewächs" mean?
As a noun, "Gewächs" means: nicht näher bestimmte Pflanze
How do you pronounce "Gewächs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewächs" is [ɡəˈvɛks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewächs" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gewächs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gleiter#62,466gerster#62,453geritzt#62,451Grenzer#62,475

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list