Schach
[ʃax]
The verdict
“Schach” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,526 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,526
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - strategisches Brettspiel für zwei Spieler, Kurzwort für Schachspiel
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 | Schach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃax] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schach” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schach is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃax]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,526 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schach, with forms such as "cshach", "scahch", and "scchach". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schau", "Schuh", "Schaf", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schach, spelled S-C-H-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1strategisches Brettspiel für zwei Spieler, Kurzwort für Schachspiel
- 2eine Situation im Schachspiel, in welcher ein König direkt bedroht wird
- 3nach den Spielregeln nicht mehr vorgeschriebener Ausruf, Ansage von [2]
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshach,scahch,scchach,schacch,schachh,schahc,schcah,schhach,shcach,sschach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schach - 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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Using “Schach”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃax] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schau” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schach vs Schau
- 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.