Scharte
[ˈʃaʁtə]
The verdict
“Scharte” is an uncommon German word, ranked #53,208 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,208
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scharte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʁtə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Scharte” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Scharte is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaʁtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,208 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Scharte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Scharte, spelled S-C-H-A-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand
- 2offen gelassene Stelle in einer Verteidigungsanlage
- 3kurz für: Hasenscharte
- 4(enge, schwer) passierbare Stelle im Gebirge, um von einem Tal in das nächste zu gelangen
- 5erlittener Nachteil
This word in other languages
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 “Scharte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaʁtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.