geschärft
[ɡəˈʃɛʁft]
The verdict
“geschärft” is uncommon German (frequency #52,116 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,116
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schärfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gescharft · geschärft · German
geschärft · rank #52,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,116
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH geschwitzt
Nearest frequency peer: geschwitzt (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “geschärft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gerufenen
gerufenen
47,888 corpus weight
- gescheite
gescheite
47,887 corpus weight
- geschwitzt
geschwitzt
47,886 corpus weight
- geschärft
geschärft
47,885 corpus weight
- gestreifte
gestreifte
47,884 corpus weight
- Gesuche
Gesuche
47,883 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “geschärft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geschärft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɛʁft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “geschärft” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
geschärft is uncommon German at frequency #52,116 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈʃɛʁft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schärfen".
No misspelling variants are generated for geschärft in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is geschärft, spelled G-E-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs schärfen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.