Which to use
“schicken” is a verb and “Schinken” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,709
- “schicken” frequency rank
- #11,744
- “Schinken” frequency rank
- 13453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | schicken | Schinken |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas oder jemanden von einem Ort zu einem anderen senden | Fleisch der Schenkel von Schlachtvieh meist im engeren Sinne von Schweinen |
Where the eye mixes schicken and Schinken
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. schicken and Schinken follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: schicken vs Schinken
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: schicken is [ˈʃɪkn̩] while Schinken is [ˈʃɪŋkn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “schicken” becomes n in “Schinken”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
schicken is recorded at frequency rank #1,709, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃɪkn̩]. Schinken is at rank #11,744, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃɪŋkn̩].
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 13453, this pair ranks #1,957,896 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of schicken vs Schinken
Shared letters: cehikns. Private to "schicken": -. Private to "Schinken": -.
"schicken" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCCVC · "Schinken" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "schicken" and "Schinken" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "schicken" or "Schinken" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "schicken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Schinken" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,957,896 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "schicken" and "Schinken" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Schenkeln vs Schinken". 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 #1,957,896 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.