Shareware
[ˈʃɛːɐ̯ˌvɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Shareware” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Software, die für einen bestimmten Zeitraum (unter Umständen mit Einschränkungen) kostenlos oder vergünstigt nutzbar ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-shareware · Shareware · German
Shareware · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shareware |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːɐ̯ˌvɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Shareware“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Shareware is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛːɐ̯ˌvɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Software, die für einen bestimmten Zeitraum (unter Umständen mit Einschränkungen) kostenlos oder vergünstigt nutzbar ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Shareware, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Shareware, spelled S-H-A-R-E-W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Software, die für einen bestimmten Zeitraum (unter Umständen mit Einschränkungen) kostenlos oder vergünstigt nutzbar ist
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.