Gewährleistung

Name: Gewährleistung, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ]

/[ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Gewährleistung” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,244
frequency rank, German: 54,401
“G” headwords: 22
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maßnahme zur Absicherung von etwas

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Gewährleistung vs gewährleisten

79% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Gewährleistung
Property	Value
Headword	Gewährleistung
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#19,244
Misspellings tracked	22
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gewährleistung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gewährleistung lands here:

#19,244

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around Gewährleistung (IPA [ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,244 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gewährleistung, with forms such as "egwährleistung", "gewhärleistung", and "gewwährleistung". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gewährleisten", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Gewährleistung, spelled G-E-W-Ä-H-R-L-E-I-S-T-U-N-G.

Definition

1
Maßnahme zur Absicherung von etwas
2
verschuldensunabhängiges Einstehenmüssen seitens des Verkäufers für einen Mangel an einer verkauften Sache oder Dienstleistung

Synonyms

SicherungMängelhaftung

This word in other languages

warranty(English)garantie(Français)garantia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egwährleistung,gewhärleistung,gewwährleistung,gewähhrleistung,gewählreistung,gewährelistung,gewährleisstung,gewährleistnug,gewährleisttung,gewährleistugn,gewährleistungg,gewährleistunng,gewährleisutng,gewährleitsung,gewährlesitung,gewährliestung,gewährlleistung,gewährrleistung,gewärhleistung,geäwhrleistung,ggewährleistung,gweährleistung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gewährleistung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Gewährleistung"

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 "Gewährleistung"?

"Gewährleistung" is spelled G-E-W-Ä-H-R-L-E-I-S-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ].

What does "Gewährleistung" mean?

As a noun, "Gewährleistung" means: Maßnahme zur Absicherung von etwas

What words are commonly confused with "Gewährleistung"?

"Gewährleistung" is commonly confused with "gewährleisten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Gewährleistung"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewährleistung" is [ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Gewährleistung" come from?

"Gewährleistung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “Gewährleistung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-Ä-H-R-L-E-I-S-T-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ɡəˈvɛːɐ̯laɪ̯stʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “gewährleisten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gewährleistung vs gewährleisten
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.