Schaden
[ˈʃaːdn̩]
The verdict
“Schaden” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,370
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unerwünschte, negative Auswirkung
Corpus desk
Index DE-schaden · Schaden · German
Schaden · rank #1,370 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,370
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Richter
Nearest frequency peer: Richter (-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 “Schaden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Party
Party
98,634 corpus weight
- Qualität
Qualität
98,633 corpus weight
- Richter
Richter
98,632 corpus weight
- Schaden
Schaden
98,631 corpus weight
- Schulen
Schulen
98,630 corpus weight
- See
See
98,629 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schaden” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Schaden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaːdn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schaden” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Schaden (IPA [ˈʃaːdn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,370 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 Schaden, with forms such as "cshaden", "scahden", and "scchaden". 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, "schien", "schaue", "Schafe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schaden, spelled S-C-H-A-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1unerwünschte, negative Auswirkung
- 2Beschädigung an einem Gegenstand, auch an einem Körperteil; Defekt, Funktionsbeeinträchtigung
- 3ein durch ein Ereignis oder einen Umstand verursachte Beeinträchtigung eines Gutes oder eine Wertminderung des ursprünglichen Zustandes einer Sache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schaden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn Sie mich rechtzeitig informieren, soll es nicht zu Ihrem Schaden sein.
„Sein Schaden soll es aber nicht sein.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshaden
- scahden
- scchaden
- schadden
- schadenn
- schadne
- schaedn
- schdaen
- schhaden
- shcaden
- sschaden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schaden - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schaden", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schaden". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schaden" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "schien". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,370 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.