Gewerbes
[ɡəˈvɛʁbəs]
The verdict
“Gewerbes” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #48,185 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,185
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gewerbe
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 | Gewerbes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɛʁbəs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gewerbes” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gewerbes is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈvɛʁbəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,185 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gewerbe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gewerbes, with forms such as "egwerbes", "geewrbes", and "gewebres". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Gewerke", "gewertet", "geworben", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Gewerbes, spelled G-E-W-E-R-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gewerbe
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egwerbes,geewrbes,gewebres,gewerbbes,gewerbess,gewerbse,gewerebs,gewerrbes,gewrebes,gewwerbes,ggewerbes,gweerbes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gewerbes - 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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Using “Gewerbes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-E-R-B-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈvɛʁbəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Gewerke” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gewerbes vs Gewerke
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.