schanz
[ʃant͡s]
The verdict
“schanz” is uncommon German (frequency #55,677 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,677
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schanz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃant͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schanz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schanz is uncommon German at frequency #55,677 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schanz, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 schanz, spelled S-C-H-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen
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 “schanz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃant͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.