Gewürze

[ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sə]

/[ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gewürze” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,271
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gewürz

Corpus desk

Index DE-gewurze · Gewürze · German

Gewürze · rank #18,271 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,271
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gewillt

Nearest frequency peer: gewillt (-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 „Gewürze“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Gewürze“ 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).

Gewürze vs gewürzt
71% similar
Gewürze vs Gewürzen
88% similar
Gewürze vs Gewürz
86% similar

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

Key facts for Gewürze
PropertyValue
HeadwordGewürze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,271
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gewürze“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Gewürzeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gewillt“ (#18,270), „gezüchtet“ (#18,272), „gewaltsamen“ (#18,269). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gewürze“ bei #18,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gewürze (IPA [ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,271 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gewürze, with forms such as "egwürze", "gewrüze", and "gewwürze". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "gewürzt", "Gewürzen", "Gewürz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gewürze, spelled G-E-W-Ü-R-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gewürz
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gewürz
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gewürz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egwürze
  • gewrüze
  • gewwürze
  • gewürez
  • gewürrze
  • gewürzze
  • gewüzre
  • geüwrze
  • ggewürze
  • gweürze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gewürze - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egwürze2gewrüze2gewwürze1gewürez2gewürrze1gewürzze1gewüzre2geüwrze2
Edit distance from "Gewürze"

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 "Gewürze"?
"Gewürze" is spelled G-E-W-Ü-R-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sə].
What does "Gewürze" mean?
As a noun, "Gewürze" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gewürz
What words are commonly confused with "Gewürze"?
"Gewürze" is commonly confused with "gewürzt", "Gewürzen", "Gewürz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gewürze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gewürze" is [ɡəˈvʏʁt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gewürze" come from?
"Gewürze" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gewillt#18,270Genesis#18,263Gemisch#18,262geküsst#18,260

Similar misspelling depth

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

Irische10 variantsFlüssen10 variantsklopft10 variantsEuphorie10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list