Gutschrift

[ˈɡuːtˌʃʁɪft]

/[ˈɡuːtˌʃʁɪft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gutschrift” is uncommon German (frequency #57,064 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,064
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habenbuchung auf einem Konto (der Vorgang einer Gutschrift)

Corpus desk

Index DE-gutschrift · Gutschrift · German

Gutschrift · rank #57,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,064
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gurgel

Nearest frequency peer: Gurgel (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gutschrift“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gutschrift
PropertyValue
HeadwordGutschrift
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡuːtˌʃʁɪft]
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,064
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gutschrift“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gutschriftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gurgel“ (#57,063), „gönnte“ (#57,065), „Götterdämmerung“ (#57,066). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gutschrift“ bei #57,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gutschrift is uncommon German at frequency #57,064 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡuːtˌʃʁɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gutschrift, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gutschrift, spelled G-U-T-S-C-H-R-I-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habenbuchung auf einem Konto (der Vorgang einer Gutschrift)
  2. 2
    das Dokument einer Gutschrift
  3. 3
    der Betrag einer Gutschrift

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Gutschrift erfolgte mit Valuta 01.12.
  2. Heute Nachmittag beschäftige ich mich ausschließlich mit Gutschriften.

Synonyms

Kreditnote

Antonyms

Lastschrift

This word in other languages

crediting(English)crédito(Español)crédit(Français)

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 "Gutschrift"?
"Gutschrift" is spelled G-U-T-S-C-H-R-I-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡuːtˌʃʁɪft].
What does "Gutschrift" mean?
As a noun, "Gutschrift" means: Habenbuchung auf einem Konto (der Vorgang einer Gutschrift)
How do you pronounce "Gutschrift"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gutschrift" is [ˈɡuːtˌʃʁɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gutschrift" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hautpflege#57,081Grammophon#57,044Heimstätte#57,086gnadenlose#57,040

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list