Wohngemeinschaft
[ˈvoːnɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft]
The verdict
“Wohngemeinschaft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #40,326 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,326
- frequency rank, German
- 16
- letters
- 26
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wohnung, die sich mehrere Personen teilen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wohngemeinschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːnɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #40,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 26 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wohngemeinschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wohngemeinschaft is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvoːnɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,326 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wohngemeinschaft, with forms such as "owhngemeinschaft", "whongemeinschaft", and "wohgnemeinschaft". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wohngemeinschaft, spelled W-O-H-N-G-E-M-E-I-N-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Wohnung, die sich mehrere Personen teilen
- 2Gemeinschaft von Personen (Mitbewohner), die sich eine Wohnung teilen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owhngemeinschaft,whongemeinschaft,wohgnemeinschaft,wohhngemeinschaft,wohnegmeinschaft,wohngeeminschaft,wohngemeincshaft,wohngemeinnschaft,wohngemeinscahft,wohngemeinscchaft,wohngemeinschafft,wohngemeinschaftt,wohngemeinschatf,wohngemeinschfat,wohngemeinschhaft,wohngemeinshcaft,wohngemeinsschaft,wohngemeisnchaft,wohngemenischaft,wohngemienschaft,wohngemmeinschaft,wohnggemeinschaft,wohngmeeinschaft,wohnngemeinschaft,wonhgemeinschaft,wwohngemeinschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wohngemeinschaft - 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.
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Using “Wohngemeinschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-O-H-N-G-E-M-E-I-N-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvoːnɡəˌmaɪ̯nʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.