schaffende

[ˈʃafn̩də]

/[ˈʃafn̩də]/ adj

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The verdict

“schaffende” is uncommon German (frequency #99,031 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,031
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schaffende · schaffende · German

schaffende · rank #99,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,031
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schaltkreis

Nearest frequency peer: Schaltkreis (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schaffende“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schaffende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schaffende
PropertyValue
Headwordschaffende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃafn̩də]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schaffende“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schaffendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schaltkreis“ (#99,032), „Saxophone“ (#99,029), „saved“ (#99,028). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schaffende“ bei #99,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schaffende is uncommon German at frequency #99,031 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃafn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schaffende, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 schaffende, spelled S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend

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

How do you spell "schaffende"?
"schaffende" is spelled S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃafn̩də].
What does "schaffende" mean?
As an adjective, "schaffende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schaffend
How do you pronounce "schaffende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schaffende" is [ˈʃafn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schaffende" come from?
"schaffende" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schaffende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scheinende#99,039Sanitätern#99,022Scherzkeks#99,041Schillings#99,042

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list