Gewerke

/[ɡəˈvɛʁkə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,734

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Gewerke is aGermannoun. It means: Anteilseigner im Bergbau Pronounced [ɡəˈvɛʁkə]. Often confused with gewirkt and Gewürze.

Key facts for Gewerke
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewerke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvɛʁkə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,734
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gewerke in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gewerke is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈvɛʁkə]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,734 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Anteilseigner im Bergbau".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gewerke, with forms such as "egwerke", "geewrke", and "gewekre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gewirkt", "Gewürze", "gewertet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gewerke, spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anteilseigner im Bergbau

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egwerke,geewrke,gewekre,gewerek,gewerkke,gewerrke,gewreke,gewwerke,ggewerke,gweerke

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gewerke

Misspelling Variants of "Gewerke"

egwerke7geewrke7gewekre7gewerek7gewerkke8gewerrke8gewreke7gewwerke8
Misspelling Variants of "Gewerke"

Frequency rank: #49,734 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gewerke"?
"Gewerke" is spelled G-E-W-E-R-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvɛʁkə].
What does "Gewerke" mean?
As a noun, "Gewerke" means: Anteilseigner im Bergbau
What words are commonly confused with "Gewerke"?
"Gewerke" is commonly confused with "gewirkt", "Gewürze", "gewertet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gewerke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewerke" is [ɡəˈvɛʁkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewerke" come from?
"Gewerke" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.