Schaft
[ʃaft]
The verdict
“Schaft” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,398
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Griff an einer Stange und an anderen länglichen Gegenständen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schaft · Schaft · German
Schaft · rank #17,398 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,398
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sandwich
Nearest frequency peer: Sandwich (-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 “Schaft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- respektlos
respektlos
82,606 corpus weight
- Sachbearbei…
Sachbearbeiter
82,605 corpus weight
- Sandwich
Sandwich
82,604 corpus weight
- Schaft
Schaft
82,603 corpus weight
- Scherben
Scherben
82,602 corpus weight
- schlüpfen
schlüpfen
82,601 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schaft” 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 | Schaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaft] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schaft” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Schaft (IPA [ʃaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,398 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schaft, with forms such as "cshaft", "scahft", and "scchaft". 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, "Schau", "schuf", "Schal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schaft, spelled S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1ein Griff an einer Stange und an anderen länglichen Gegenständen
- 2das Längliche an einem Gegenstand selbst
- 3vom Oberleder gebildeter Teil des Schuhs, die Wade umschließender Teil des Stiefels
- 4ein Bauteil des Webstuhls
- 5ein Pflanzenstängel ohne Blätter
- 6ein Synonym für den unbehaarten Kiel einer Vogelfeder
- 7Schrank, Bücherregal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Axt hat einen langen Schaft, das Beil einen kurzen.
Bei den griechischen Säulen ist der Schaft gerieft.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshaft
- scahft
- scchaft
- schaftt
- schatf
- schfat
- schhaft
- shcaft
- sschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schaft - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schaft". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schaft" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Schau". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,398 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.