Scharfschütze

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

[ˈʃaʁfˌʃʏt͡sə]

/[ˈʃaʁfˌʃʏt͡sə]/ noun

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

The verdict

“Scharfschütze” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,895
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 22
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schütze zur gezielten Personenbekämpfung von Personen durch Präzisionsschüsse (paramilitärisch)

Corpus desk

Index DE-scharfschutze · Scharfschütze · German

Scharfschütze · rank #34,895 · 22 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #34,895
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 22 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH satirischen

Nearest frequency peer: satirischen (-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.

Sanskrit

65,108
satirischen

65,107
Scharfschüt…

65,106
Schatzkammer

65,105
Schenker

65,104
schleppend

65,103

What this shows „Scharfschütze“ 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).

Scharfschütze vs Scharfschützen

93% similar

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

Key facts for Scharfschütze
Property	Value
Headword	Scharfschütze
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈʃaʁfˌʃʏt͡sə]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#34,895
Misspellings tracked	22
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Scharfschütze“

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

#34,895

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „satirischen“ (#34,894), „Schatzkammer“ (#34,896), „Sanskrit“ (#34,893). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Scharfschütze“ bei #34,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around Scharfschütze (IPA [ˈʃaʁfˌʃʏt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,895 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Scharfschütze, with forms such as "csharfschütze", "scahrfschütze", and "sccharfschütze". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Scharfschützen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Scharfschütze, spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E.

Definition

1
Schütze zur gezielten Personenbekämpfung von Personen durch Präzisionsschüsse (paramilitärisch)
2
Schütze mit besonderer Ausbildung zur gezielten Personenbekämpfung durch Präzisionsschüsse (militärisch und paramilitärisch)
3
Tätigkeitsbezeichnung für einen Soldaten beziehungsweise eine Soldatin mit der unter [2] genannten Ausbildung in den Deutschen Streitkräften

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Scharfschütze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Es ist unmöglich in das Tal zu gelangen, weil an beiden Seiten Scharfschützen auf den Anhöhen platziert sind, die jedes Durchkommen verhindern.
Die zwei Scharfschützen haben ihre Zielperson fest im Visier.

Synonyms

PräzisionsschützeSniper

This word in other languages

marksman(English)francotirador(Español)tireur d'élite(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

csharfschütze
scahrfschütze
sccharfschütze
schafrschütze
scharfcshütze
scharffschütze
scharfscchütze
scharfschhütze
scharfschtüze
scharfschütez
scharfschüttze
scharfschützze
scharfschüzte
scharfscühtze
scharfshcütze
scharfsschütze
scharrfschütze
scharsfchütze
schharfschütze
schrafschütze
shcarfschütze
sscharfschütze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Scharfschütze - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Scharfschütze"

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 "Scharfschütze"?

"Scharfschütze" is spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaʁfˌʃʏt͡sə].

What does "Scharfschütze" mean?

As a noun, "Scharfschütze" means: Schütze zur gezielten Personenbekämpfung von Personen durch Präzisionsschüsse (paramilitärisch)

What words are commonly confused with "Scharfschütze"?

"Scharfschütze" is commonly confused with "Scharfschützen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Scharfschütze"?

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

What language does "Scharfschütze" come from?

"Scharfschütze" 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 "Scharfschütze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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