government

/[…]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,910

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

government is aGermannoun. It means: Regierung Pronounced […]. Often confused with of and ii.

Key facts for government
PropertyValue
Headwordgovernment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,910
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for government is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,910 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Regierung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for government, with forms such as "ggovernment", "goevrnment", and "govenrment". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", 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 government, spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Regierung

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggovernment,goevrnment,govenrment,govermnent,governemnt,governmennt,governmentt,governmetn,governmment,governmnet,governnment,goverrnment,govrenment,govvernment,gvoernment,ogvernment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for government

Misspelling Variants of "government"

ggovernment11goevrnment10govenrment10govermnent10governemnt10governmennt11governmentt11governmetn10
Misspelling Variants of "government"

Frequency rank: #18,910 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "government"?
"government" is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "government" mean?
As a noun, "government" means: Regierung
What words are commonly confused with "government"?
"government" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "government"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "government" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "government" come from?
"government" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our German index:

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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.