Showbusiness

[ˈʃɔʊ̯ˌbɪznɪs]

/[ˈʃɔʊ̯ˌbɪznɪs]/ noun

The verdict

“Showbusiness” is uncommon German (frequency #75,054 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,054
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst

Corpus desk

Index DE-showbusiness · Showbusiness · German

Showbusiness · rank #75,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,054
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Serpentinen

Nearest frequency peer: Serpentinen (-2 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 „Showbusiness“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Showbusiness
PropertyValue
HeadwordShowbusiness
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɔʊ̯ˌbɪznɪs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Showbusiness“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Serpentinen“ (#75,052), „sensationeller“ (#75,051), „Siegesfeier“ (#75,059). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Showbusiness“ bei #75,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Showbusiness is uncommon German at frequency #75,054 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɔʊ̯ˌbɪznɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst".

Showbusiness has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Showbusiness, spelled S-H-O-W-B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Alle, die im Showbusiness des Landes Rang und Namen haben, sind dabei in der meistgesehenen Sendung der Welt.“
  2. „In jüngster Zeit zog es die Stars des Showbusiness und die Akrobaten des Finanzkapitalismus an den teuersten Flecken Genfs.“

Synonyms

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 "Showbusiness"?
"Showbusiness" is spelled S-H-O-W-B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔʊ̯ˌbɪznɪs].
What does "Showbusiness" mean?
As a noun, "Showbusiness" means: Wirtschaftszweig, der sich mit öffentlichen, Publikum unterhaltenden, Darbietungen befasst
How do you pronounce "Showbusiness"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Showbusiness" is [ˈʃɔʊ̯ˌbɪznɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Showbusiness" come from?
"Showbusiness" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list