Schale

/[ˈʃaːlə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,451

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schale is aGermannoun. It means: eine feste Schutzhülle, zum Beispiel bei Früchten, Samen, Vogeleiern, Lebensmitteln Pronounced [ˈʃaːlə]. It ranks #8,451 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schau and schul.

Key facts for Schale
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaːlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,451
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schale in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schale is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,451 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schale, with forms such as "cshale", "scahle", and "scchale". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schau", "schul", "Scham", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schale, spelled S-C-H-A-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine feste Schutzhülle, zum Beispiel bei Früchten, Samen, Vogeleiern, Lebensmitteln
  2. 2
    eine Panzerhülle bei bestimmten Tieren
  3. 3
    ein Gefäß für verschiedene Zweckbestimmungen in der Form einer (abgeflachten) halbierten Hohlkugel oder anderer Rotationskörper ursprünglich von dieser hergeleitet und an die menschliche Schädelform angelehnt
  4. 4
    die Klaue(n) des Schalenwildes
  5. 5
    ein gekrümmter Flächenträger
  6. 6
    eine schützende, äußere Wandung bei technischen Konstruktionen
  7. 7
    ein unten ausgehöhlter Schliff bei Schmucksteinen
  8. 8
    eine Gelenkerkrankung (Entzündung) insbesondere bei Pferden
  9. 9
    bei bestimmten Atommodellen die Schichten der Elektronenhülle von Atomen, Valenzschale
  10. 10
    schöne Oberkleidung, feines Outfit; sich in Schale werfen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshale,scahle,scchale,schael,schalle,schhale,schlae,shcale,sschale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schale

Misspelling Variants of "Schale"

cshale6scahle6scchale7schael6schalle7schhale7schlae6shcale6
Misspelling Variants of "Schale"

Frequency rank: #8,451 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schale"?
"Schale" is spelled S-C-H-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːlə].
What does "Schale" mean?
As a noun, "Schale" means: eine feste Schutzhülle, zum Beispiel bei Früchten, Samen, Vogeleiern, Lebensmitteln
What words are commonly confused with "Schale"?
"Schale" is commonly confused with "Schau", "schul", "Scham". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schale" is [ˈʃaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schale" come from?
"Schale" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.