Schaden

/[ˈʃaːdn̩]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,370

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schaden is aGermannoun. It means: unerwünschte, negative Auswirkung Pronounced [ˈʃaːdn̩]. It ranks #1,370 in German word frequency. Often confused with schien and schaue.

Key facts for Schaden
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchaden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaːdn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,370
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schaden in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schaden is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaːdn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,370 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schaden, with forms such as "cshaden", "scahden", and "scchaden". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schien", "schaue", "Schafe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schaden, spelled S-C-H-A-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unerwünschte, negative Auswirkung
  2. 2
    Beschädigung an einem Gegenstand, auch an einem Körperteil; Defekt, Funktionsbeeinträchtigung
  3. 3
    ein durch ein Ereignis oder einen Umstand verursachte Beeinträchtigung eines Gutes oder eine Wertminderung des ursprünglichen Zustandes einer Sache

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshaden,scahden,scchaden,schadden,schadenn,schadne,schaedn,schdaen,schhaden,shcaden,sschaden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schaden

Misspelling Variants of "Schaden"

cshaden7scahden7scchaden8schadden8schadenn8schadne7schaedn7schdaen7
Misspelling Variants of "Schaden"

Frequency rank: #1,370 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schaden"?
"Schaden" is spelled S-C-H-A-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːdn̩].
What does "Schaden" mean?
As a noun, "Schaden" means: unerwünschte, negative Auswirkung
What words are commonly confused with "Schaden"?
"Schaden" is commonly confused with "schien", "schaue", "Schafe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schaden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schaden" is [ˈʃaːdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schaden" come from?
"Schaden" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.