Gewissen
[ɡəˈvɪsn̩]
The verdict
“Gewissen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,662
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mechanismus, der die eigenen Handlungen und Urteile anhand geltender Moralvorstellungen bewertet
Corpus desk
Index DE-gewissen · Gewissen · German
Gewissen · rank #1,662 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,662
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Freunden
Nearest frequency peer: Freunden (-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 „Gewissen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erzählen
erzählen
98,342 corpus weight
- Fahrt
Fahrt
98,341 corpus weight
- Freunden
Freunden
98,340 corpus weight
- Gewissen
Gewissen
98,339 corpus weight
- herum
herum
98,338 corpus weight
- höher
höher
98,337 corpus weight
What this shows „Gewissen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Gewissen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɪsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gewissen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Gewissen (IPA [ɡəˈvɪsn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,662 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mechanismus, der die eigenen Handlungen und Urteile anhand geltender Moralvorstellungen bewertet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gewissen, with forms such as "egwissen", "geiwssen", and "gewisen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gewisser", "gewisses", "Gewissens", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gewissen, spelled G-E-W-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mechanismus, der die eigenen Handlungen und Urteile anhand geltender Moralvorstellungen bewertet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gewissen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachdem er den einzigen Ochsen des verarmten Bauern erlegt hatte, befiel den Wilderer ein schlechtes Gewissen und er bot dem Bauern eine Entschädigung an.
Sein Gewissen plagte ihn solange, bis er sich entschloss, das Geklaute unbemerkt zurückzulegen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egwissen
- geiwssen
- gewisen
- gewisesn
- gewissenn
- gewissne
- gewißen
- gewsisen
- gewwissen
- ggewissen
- gweissen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gewissen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gewissen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).