schäbig
[ˈʃɛːbɪç]
The verdict
“schäbig” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,762
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spuren von Schaben tragend; abgewetzt, abgenutzt, abgetragen sein, hässlich, alt, minderwertig, verschlissen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schabig · schäbig · German
schäbig · rank #32,762 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,762
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwerere
Nearest frequency peer: schwerere (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „schäbig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schorndorf
Schorndorf
67,242 corpus weight
- Schulklasse
Schulklasse
67,241 corpus weight
- schwerere
schwerere
67,240 corpus weight
- schäbig
schäbig
67,239 corpus weight
- seifen
seifen
67,238 corpus weight
- seist
seist
67,237 corpus weight
What this shows „schäbig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schäbig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːbɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schäbig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around schäbig (IPA [ˈʃɛːbɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,762 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for schäbig, with forms such as "cshäbig", "scchäbig", and "schbäig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Scharia", "schädigt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schäbig, spelled S-C-H-Ä-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1Spuren von Schaben tragend; abgewetzt, abgenutzt, abgetragen sein, hässlich, alt, minderwertig, verschlissen
- 2gewöhnlich, zwielichtig, von zweifelhaftem Ruf, moralisch anfechtbar sein
- 3kleinlich, geizig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schäbig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dem schäbigen Mantel lässt du dich hier sehen?
Du und deine schäbigen Freunde.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshäbig
- scchäbig
- schbäig
- schhäbig
- schäbbig
- schäbgi
- schäbigg
- schäibg
- scähbig
- shcäbig
- sschäbig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schäbig - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schäbig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).