Gotteshaus
[ˈɡɔtəsˌhaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Gotteshaus” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,281
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Gebäude, in dem Anhänger einer Religion einen oder mehrere Götter ehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-gotteshaus · Gotteshaus · German
Gotteshaus · rank #20,281 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,281
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH googeln
Nearest frequency peer: googeln (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gotteshaus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- glänzenden
glänzenden
79,723 corpus weight
- googeln
googeln
79,721 corpus weight
- Gotteshaus
Gotteshaus
79,720 corpus weight
- gun
gun
79,718 corpus weight
- Hagel
Hagel
79,717 corpus weight
- Hameln
Hameln
79,716 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gotteshaus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Gotteshaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔtəsˌhaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gotteshaus” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Gotteshaus (IPA [ˈɡɔtəsˌhaʊ̯s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,281 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Gebäude, in dem Anhänger einer Religion einen oder mehrere Götter ehren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gotteshaus, with forms such as "ggotteshaus", "goteshaus", and "gotetshaus". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Gotteshauses", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gotteshaus, spelled G-O-T-T-E-S-H-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1ein Gebäude, in dem Anhänger einer Religion einen oder mehrere Götter ehren
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggotteshaus
- goteshaus
- gotetshaus
- gottehsaus
- gottesahus
- gotteshasu
- gotteshauss
- gotteshhaus
- gotteshuas
- gottesshaus
- gottsehaus
- gtoteshaus
- ogtteshaus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gotteshaus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gotteshaus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.