schalteten

[ˈʃaltətn̩]

/[ˈʃaltətn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“schalteten” is uncommon German (frequency #59,139 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,139
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-schalteten · schalteten · German

schalteten · rank #59,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,139
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schablonen

Nearest frequency peer: Schablonen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schalteten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schalteten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schalteten
PropertyValue
Headwordschalteten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃaltətn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schalteten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schaltetenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schablonen“ (#59,138), „Schamgefühl“ (#59,140), „schamlose“ (#59,141). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schalteten“ bei #59,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schalteten is uncommon German at frequency #59,139 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃaltətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schalteten, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schalteten, spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schalten
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schalten
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schalten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schalten

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 "schalteten"?
"schalteten" is spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaltətn̩].
What does "schalteten" mean?
As a verb, "schalteten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schalten
How do you pronounce "schalteten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schalteten" is [ˈʃaltətn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schalteten" come from?
"schalteten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schablonen#59,138Schramberg#59,152Schrifttum#59,154schändlich#59,163

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list