schätzen
[ˈʃɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“schätzen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,484
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Zahlenwerte, Größen oder Ähnliches aufgrund bekannter Tatsachen näherungsweise bestimmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schatzen · schätzen · German
schätzen · rank #3,484 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,484
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schönsten
Nearest frequency peer: schönsten (+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 “schätzen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schickt
schickt
96,520 corpus weight
- Schmerz
Schmerz
96,519 corpus weight
- schätzen
schätzen
96,517 corpus weight
- schönsten
schönsten
96,516 corpus weight
- stattfinden
stattfinden
96,515 corpus weight
- stärken
stärken
96,514 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schätzen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schätzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schätzen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around schätzen (IPA [ˈʃɛt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,484 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schätzen, with forms such as "cshätzen", "scchätzen", and "schhätzen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schauen", "schätzt", "Schütze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schätzen, spelled S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Zahlenwerte, Größen oder Ähnliches aufgrund bekannter Tatsachen näherungsweise bestimmen
- 2davon ausgehen, dass etwas so sein wird; vermuten
- 3etwas einen hohen Wert zuweisen und es damit gerne mögen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schätzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schätzte ihr Alter auf 21 Jahre.
Die Expertin schätzte den Wert auf 500 €.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshätzen
- scchätzen
- schhätzen
- schtäzen
- schätezn
- schättzen
- schätzenn
- schätzne
- schätzzen
- schäzten
- scähtzen
- shcätzen
- sschätzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schätzen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 September 2, 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 "schätzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "schätzen". Here's where to go from here.
- "schätzen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "schauen". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,484 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.