Gewächse
[ɡəˈvɛksə]
The verdict
“Gewächse” is uncommon German (frequency #52,122 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,122
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gewächs
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewachse · Gewächse · German
Gewächse · rank #52,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,122
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gewerkschaftl…
Nearest frequency peer: gewerkschaftliche (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gewächse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gesundbrunn…
Gesundbrunnen
47,882 corpus weight
- Gesundheits…
Gesundheitsschutz
47,881 corpus weight
- gewerkschaf…
gewerkschaftliche
47,880 corpus weight
- Gewächse
Gewächse
47,879 corpus weight
- ghosts
ghosts
47,878 corpus weight
- Giftstoffe
Giftstoffe
47,877 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gewächse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gewächse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛksə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gewächse” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gewächse is uncommon German at frequency #52,122 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈvɛksə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Gewächse in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gewächse, spelled G-E-W-Ä-C-H-S-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Gewächs
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gewächs
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gewächs
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gewächs
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gewächse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.