schärft
[ʃɛʁft]
The verdict
“schärft” is uncommon German (frequency #61,009 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,009
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schärfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-scharft · schärft · German
schärft · rank #61,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,009
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schwirrt
Nearest frequency peer: schwirrt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schärft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schwappt
schwappt
38,995 corpus weight
- schwerhörig
schwerhörig
38,994 corpus weight
- schwirrt
schwirrt
38,993 corpus weight
- schärft
schärft
38,992 corpus weight
- schäumt
schäumt
38,991 corpus weight
- schützten
schützten
38,989 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schärft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schärft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃɛʁft] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schärft” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schärft is uncommon German at frequency #61,009 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃɛʁft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for schärft in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schärft, spelled S-C-H-Ä-R-F-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schärfen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schärfen
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schärfen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schärft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.