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“Schauder” and “Schüler” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,956
“Schauder” frequency rank
#910
“Schüler” frequency rank
47866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Schauder Schüler
Definition plötzliches Gespür von Kälte Person, die eine Schule besucht

Where the eye mixes Schauder and Schüler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
Schauder
7 ch
Schüler

Look-alike desk: Schauder vs Schüler

A purely visual mix-up. Schauder ([ˈʃaʊ̯dɐ]) and Schüler ([ˈʃyːlɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Schauder is recorded at frequency rank #46,956, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃaʊ̯dɐ]. Schüler is at rank #910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃyːlɐ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47866, this pair ranks #1,269,168 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Schauder vs Schüler

Shared letters: cehrs. Private to "Schauder": adu. Private to "Schüler": .

"Schauder" · 8 letters · shape CCCVVCVC  ·  "Schüler" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Schaudercshauder · scahuder · scchauder · schaduer · schaudder · schauderr · schaudre · schauedr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Schauder" and "Schüler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃaʊ̯dɐ] versus [ˈʃyːlɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Schauder" vs "Schüler" - which ranks higher?
"Schüler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #910 in our German list, against #46,956 for "Schauder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Schauder" and "Schüler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Schauder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Schüler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,269,168 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Schauder" and "Schüler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Schauder vs Schaukel". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,269,168 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list