Schälchen
[ˈʃɛːlçən]
The verdict
“Schälchen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,243
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Schale
Corpus desk
Index DE-schalchen · Schälchen · German
Schälchen · rank #49,243 · 15 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,243
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schwules
Nearest frequency peer: schwules (-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 „Schälchen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schwellenlä…
Schwellenländern
50,761 corpus weight
- Schwimmunte…
Schwimmunterricht
50,760 corpus weight
- schwules
schwules
50,759 corpus weight
- Schälchen
Schälchen
50,758 corpus weight
- seg
seg
50,756 corpus weight
- Segelschiff
Segelschiff
50,755 corpus weight
What this shows „Schälchen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Schälchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːlçən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schälchen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Schälchen (IPA [ˈʃɛːlçən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,243 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kleine Schale".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schälchen, with forms such as "cshälchen", "scchälchen", and "schhälchen". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "schälen", "schalten", "Schwächen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schälchen, spelled S-C-H-Ä-L-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleine Schale
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schälchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf einem Tischchen neben ihm stand ein Glas mit einer roten Flüssigkeit, daneben ein Schälchen mit gegrilltem Fleisch.“
„Er bestellte die berühmte Fischplatte: Seeforelle, Gold- und Rotbrasse, Sardinen, Orada, Scampi, ein Schälchen Olivenöl mit feingeschnittenem Knoblauch; alles mit Schalentieren garniert – und mit Meeresdatteln.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshälchen
- scchälchen
- schhälchen
- schlächen
- schäclhen
- schälcchen
- schälcehn
- schälchenn
- schälchhen
- schälchne
- schälhcen
- schällchen
- scählchen
- shcälchen
- sschälchen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schälchen - 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 "Schälchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).