Gewerbe

[ɡəˈvɛʁbə]

/[ɡəˈvɛʁbə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewerbe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,840
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Erwerb ausgerichtete berufsmäßige Tätigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewerbe · Gewerbe · German

Gewerbe · rank #5,840 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,840
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gesteckt

Nearest frequency peer: gesteckt (-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 „Gewerbe“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Gewerbe“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Gewerbe vs Gewürze
71% similar
Gewerbe vs Gewölbe
71% similar
Gewerbe vs Gewerke
86% similar

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

Key facts for Gewerbe
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewerbe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvɛʁbə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,840
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gewerbe“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gewerbeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gesteckt“ (#5,839), „Gewerkschaften“ (#5,841), „Gesellschaften“ (#5,838). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewerbe“ bei #5,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gewerbe (IPA [ɡəˈvɛʁbə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,840 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "auf Erwerb ausgerichtete berufsmäßige Tätigkeit".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gewerbe, with forms such as "egwerbe", "geewrbe", and "gewebre". 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, "Gewürze", "Gewölbe", "Gewerke", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gewerbe, spelled G-E-W-E-R-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf Erwerb ausgerichtete berufsmäßige Tätigkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Natürlich müssen Sie das Gewerbe auch anmelden und dann Gewerbesteuer bezahlen.
  2. Und welchem Gewerbe gehen Sie nach?

This word in other languages

trade(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egwerbe
  • geewrbe
  • gewebre
  • gewerbbe
  • gewereb
  • gewerrbe
  • gewrebe
  • gewwerbe
  • ggewerbe
  • gweerbe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gewerbe - 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.

egwerbe2geewrbe2gewebre2gewerbbe1gewereb2gewerrbe1gewrebe2gewwerbe1
Edit distance from "Gewerbe"

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 "Gewerbe"?
"Gewerbe" is spelled G-E-W-E-R-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛʁbə].
What does "Gewerbe" mean?
As a noun, "Gewerbe" means: auf Erwerb ausgerichtete berufsmäßige Tätigkeit
What words are commonly confused with "Gewerbe"?
"Gewerbe" is commonly confused with "Gewürze", "Gewölbe", "Gewerke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gewerbe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewerbe" is [ɡəˈvɛʁbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewerbe" come from?
"Gewerbe" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gattung#5,835journal#5,858Malerei#5,869bildete#5,809

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Paradies10 variantsbekamen10 variantsScherz10 variantsbegannen10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list