Schaltungen
[ˈʃaltʊŋən]
The verdict
“Schaltungen” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,184
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schaltung
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 | Schaltungen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaltʊŋən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schaltungen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Schaltungen (IPA [ˈʃaltʊŋən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,184 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schaltungen, with forms such as "cshaltungen", "scahltungen", and "scchaltungen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Schulungen", "Schätzungen", "Schaltung", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schaltungen, spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-U-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schaltung
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schaltung
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schaltung
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schaltung
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshaltungen,scahltungen,scchaltungen,schalltungen,schaltnugen,schalttungen,schaltugnen,schaltunegn,schaltungenn,schaltunggen,schaltungne,schaltunngen,schalutngen,schatlungen,schhaltungen,schlatungen,shcaltungen,sschaltungen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schaltungen - 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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Using “Schaltungen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-L-T-U-N-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaltʊŋən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schulungen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schaltungen vs Schulungen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.