Schaffhausen

Name: Schaffhausen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ʃafˈhaʊ̯zn̩]

/[ʃafˈhaʊ̯zn̩]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Schaffhausen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,052
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in der Schweiz

Corpus desk

Index DE-schaffhausen · Schaffhausen · German

Schaffhausen · rank #18,052 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,052
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Satellit

Nearest frequency peer: Satellit (-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.

sachverstän…

81,953
Sarkasmus

81,951
Satellit

81,950
Schaffhausen

81,949
scheren

81,947
schwanken

81,946

What this shows „Schaffhausen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Schaffhausen
Property	Value
Headword	Schaffhausen
Language	German
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[ʃafˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#18,052
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schaffhausen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schaffhausenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#18,052

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Satellit“ (#18,051), „Sarkasmus“ (#18,050), „scheren“ (#18,054). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schaffhausen“ bei #18,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Schaffhausen (IPA [ʃafˈhaʊ̯zn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,052 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schaffhausen, with forms such as "cshaffhausen", "scahffhausen", and "scchaffhausen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schaffhausen, spelled S-C-H-A-F-F-H-A-U-S-E-N.

Definition

1
eine Stadt in der Schweiz
2
ein gleichnamiger schweizerischer Kanton

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schaffhausen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Schaffhausen befindet sich am Rande des Mittellandes und im Bereich der gemäßigten Klimazone.
„Am 21. März 1945 gelang zwei Häftlingen, dem Ukrainer Wassili Sklarenko und dem Österreicher Adam Puntschart, die Flucht nach Schaffhausen.“

This word in other languages

Schaffhouse(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cshaffhausen
scahffhausen
scchaffhausen
schaffahusen
schaffhasuen
schaffhauesn
schaffhausenn
schaffhausne
schaffhaussen
schaffhhausen
schaffhuasen
schafhausen
schafhfausen
schfafhausen
schhaffhausen
shcaffhausen
sschaffhausen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schaffhausen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Schaffhausen"

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 "Schaffhausen"?

"Schaffhausen" is spelled S-C-H-A-F-F-H-A-U-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃafˈhaʊ̯zn̩].

What does "Schaffhausen" mean?

As a proper noun, "Schaffhausen" means: eine Stadt in der Schweiz

What are common misspellings of "Schaffhausen"?

Common misspellings include "cshaffhausen", "scahffhausen", "scchaffhausen", "schaffahusen", "schaffhasuen". The correct spelling is "Schaffhausen".

How do you pronounce "Schaffhausen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schaffhausen" is [ʃafˈhaʊ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Schaffhausen" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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