Schachtel
[ˈʃaxtl̩]
The verdict
“Schachtel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,117 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,117
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders
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 | Schachtel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaxtl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schachtel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schachtel is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaxtl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,117 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schachtel, with forms such as "cshachtel", "scahchtel", and "scchachtel". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Schichten", "schächten", "Schlachten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schachtel, spelled S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Verpackung, meistens in der Form eines Quaders
- 2Zahlklassifikator für Dinge, die in Schachteln^([1]) verpackt werden
- 3unlackierter Geigenkorpus mit abgenommener Decke
- 4kurz für Schachtelbeteiligung
- 5abwertende Bezeichnung für eine meist alte Frau
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshachtel,scahchtel,scchachtel,schacchtel,schachetl,schachhtel,schachtell,schachtle,schachttel,schacthel,schahctel,schcahtel,schhachtel,shcachtel,sschachtel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schachtel - 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 “Schachtel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaxtl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schichten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schachtel vs Schichten
- 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.