GHS

abbrev

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The verdict

“GHS” is uncommon German (frequency #92,988 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,988
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - internationaler Währungscode für Cedi, die Währung von Ghana

Corpus desk

Index DE-ghs · GHS · German

GHS · rank #92,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,988
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gewellt

Nearest frequency peer: gewellt (-3 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „GHS“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „GHS“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for GHS
PropertyValue
HeadwordGHS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#92,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „GHS“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).GHSfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gewellt“ (#92,985), „getöteter“ (#92,984), „Ginseng“ (#92,992). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „GHS“ bei #92,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

GHS is uncommon German at frequency #92,988 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "internationaler Währungscode für Cedi, die Währung von Ghana".

Zero misspellings are on record for GHS in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is GHS, spelled G-H-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    internationaler Währungscode für Cedi, die Währung von Ghana

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 1 GHS = 100 Pesewas

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 "GHS"?
"GHS" is spelled G-H-S.
What does "GHS" mean?
As an abbreviation, "GHS" means: internationaler Währungscode für Cedi, die Währung von Ghana
What language does "GHS" come from?
"GHS" 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 "GHS", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

IgG#93,093iis#93,095kaj#93,124DHA#92,770

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list