Schatten

/[ˈʃatn̩]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,612

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schatten is aGermannoun. It means: ein nicht direkt beleuchteter Bereich Pronounced [ˈʃatn̩]. It ranks #2,612 in German word frequency. Often confused with schauen and schätze.

Key facts for Schatten
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchatten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃatn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,612
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schatten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schatten is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃatn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,612 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schatten, with forms such as "cshatten", "scahtten", and "scchatten". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schauen", "schätze", "Schaute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schatten, spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein nicht direkt beleuchteter Bereich
  2. 2
    die einem bestimmten Einwirken abgewandte Seite
  3. 3
    (dunkler) Farbschleier
  4. 4
    ständiger Begleiter
  5. 5
    etwas kaum (mehr) Erkennbares
  6. 6
    Bewohner des Totenreichs

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshatten,scahtten,scchatten,schaten,schatetn,schattenn,schattne,schhatten,schtaten,shcatten,sschatten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schatten

Misspelling Variants of "Schatten"

cshatten8scahtten8scchatten9schaten7schatetn8schattenn9schattne8schhatten9
Misspelling Variants of "Schatten"

Frequency rank: #2,612 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schatten"?
"Schatten" is spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃatn̩].
What does "Schatten" mean?
As a noun, "Schatten" means: ein nicht direkt beleuchteter Bereich
What words are commonly confused with "Schatten"?
"Schatten" is commonly confused with "schauen", "schätze", "Schaute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schatten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schatten" is [ˈʃatn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schatten" come from?
"Schatten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.