Schamanen
[ʃaˈmaːnən]
The verdict
“Schamanen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,185
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schamane
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 | Schamanen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaˈmaːnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schamanen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Schamanen (IPA [ʃaˈmaːnən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,185 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schamanen, with forms such as "cshamanen", "scahmanen", and "scchamanen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "schämen", "schmalen", "Schumann", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schamanen, spelled S-C-H-A-M-A-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schamane
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schamane
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Schamane
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schamane
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schamane
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schamane
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schamane
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshamanen,scahmanen,scchamanen,schaamnen,schamaenn,schamanenn,schamanne,schamannen,schammanen,schamnaen,schhamanen,schmaanen,shcamanen,sschamanen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schamanen - 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 “Schamanen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-M-A-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃaˈmaːnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “schämen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schamanen vs schämen
- 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.