Schah

[ʃaː]

/[ʃaː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schah” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,385
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - persischer, afghanischer, nordindischer sowie osmanischer Herrschertitel

Corpus desk

Index DE-schah · Schah · German

Schah · rank #38,385 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,385
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Saunders

Nearest frequency peer: Saunders (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Schah“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Schah vs sha
40% similar
Schah vs Shaw
60% similar
Schah vs schön
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Schah
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃaː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,385
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schah“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schahliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Saunders“ (#38,384), „Scheibenwischer“ (#38,386), „sana“ (#38,383). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schah“ bei #38,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Schah (IPA [ʃaː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,385 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schah, with forms such as "cshah", "scahh", and "scchah". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sha", "Shaw", "schön", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schah, spelled S-C-H-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    persischer, afghanischer, nordindischer sowie osmanischer Herrschertitel
  2. 2
    Träger des unter [1] erwähnten Titels
  3. 3
    Kurzform für Schah-in-Schah

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Seit der Abschaffung der Monarchie in Persien 1979 wird der Titel Schah nicht mehr verwendet.
  2. „Martina Helten-Lexby erinnert sich noch sehr gut an die deutschen Demos gegen den Schah in den Jahren zuvor.“

This word in other languages

shah(English)sah(Español)schah(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshah
  • scahh
  • scchah
  • schahh
  • schha
  • schhah
  • shcah
  • sschah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schah - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cshah2scahh2scchah1schahh1schha2schhah1shcah2sschah1
Edit distance from "Schah"

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 "Schah"?
"Schah" is spelled S-C-H-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃaː].
What does "Schah" mean?
As a noun, "Schah" means: persischer, afghanischer, nordindischer sowie osmanischer Herrschertitel
What words are commonly confused with "Schah"?
"Schah" is commonly confused with "sha", "Shaw", "schön". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schah" is [ʃaː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schah" come from?
"Schah" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salto#38,382Saldo#38,380rosso#38,376Reims#38,364

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Salome8 variantsRheuma8 variantstauche8 variantspanini8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list