scharfes

Name: scharfes, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃaʁfəs]

/[ˈʃaʁfəs]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“scharfes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,297
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf

Corpus desk

Index DE-scharfes · scharfes · German

scharfes · rank #23,297 · 13 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-MID #23,297
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Schafen

Nearest frequency peer: Schafen (-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.

Samurai

76,707
Saskia

76,706
Schafen

76,705
scharfes

76,704
schickst

76,703
schilderte

76,702

What this shows „scharfes“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

scharfes vs Schiffes

63% similar

scharfes vs Schaufel

63% similar

scharfes vs schwarzes

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for scharfes
Property	Value
Headword	scharfes
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʃaʁfəs]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#23,297
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „scharfes“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).scharfesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#23,297

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schafen“ (#23,296), „schickst“ (#23,298), „Saskia“ (#23,295). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „scharfes“ bei #23,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around scharfes (IPA [ˈʃaʁfəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,297 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for scharfes, with forms such as "csharfes", "scahrfes", and "sccharfes". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Schiffes", "Schaufel", "schwarzes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is scharfes, spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

csharfes
scahrfes
sccharfes
schafres
scharefs
scharfess
scharffes
scharfse
scharrfes
schharfes
schrafes
shcarfes
sscharfes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scharfes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "scharfes"

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 "scharfes"?

"scharfes" is spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaʁfəs].

What does "scharfes" mean?

As an adjective, "scharfes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf

What words are commonly confused with "scharfes"?

"scharfes" is commonly confused with "Schiffes", "Schaufel", "schwarzes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "scharfes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scharfes" is [ˈʃaʁfəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "scharfes" come from?

"scharfes" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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