Scharte

[ˈʃaʁtə]

/[ˈʃaʁtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Scharte” is uncommon German (frequency #53,208 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,208
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand

Corpus desk

Index DE-scharte · Scharte · German

Scharte · rank #53,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,208
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schaben

Nearest frequency peer: schaben (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Scharte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Scharte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Scharte
PropertyValue
HeadwordScharte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaʁtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,208
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Scharte“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schartefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schaben“ (#53,207), „Schauspielkunst“ (#53,209), „sanitäre“ (#53,206). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Scharte“ bei #53,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scharte is uncommon German at frequency #53,208 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand
  2. 2
    offen gelassene Stelle in einer Verteidigungsanlage
  3. 3
    kurz für: Hasenscharte
  4. 4
    (enge, schwer) passierbare Stelle im Gebirge, um von einem Tal in das nächste zu gelangen
  5. 5
    erlittener Nachteil

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Schwert hat eine Scharte. Die Klinge ist schartig.
  2. Die Scharten sind schmal und hoch und wurden in einem Abstand von cirka 5 Metern angelegt.

This word in other languages

notch(English)

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 "Scharte"?
"Scharte" is spelled S-C-H-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaʁtə].
What does "Scharte" mean?
As a noun, "Scharte" means: Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand
How do you pronounce "Scharte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scharte" is [ˈʃaʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scharte" come from?
"Scharte" 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 "Scharte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schaben#53,207schmolz#53,214schubst#53,218Romulus#53,196

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list