Schätzung
[ˈʃɛt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Schätzung” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,748
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grobe ungefähre oder vorläufige Einstufung
Corpus desk
Index DE-schatzung · Schätzung · German
Schätzung · rank #11,748 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,748
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schrittweise
Nearest frequency peer: schrittweise (-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 “Schätzung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schinken
Schinken
88,257 corpus weight
- schrittweise
schrittweise
88,254 corpus weight
- Schätzung
Schätzung
88,253 corpus weight
- Schätzungen
Schätzungen
88,252 corpus weight
- selbstständ…
selbstständige
88,251 corpus weight
- short
short
88,250 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schätzung” 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 | Schätzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schätzung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Schätzung (IPA [ˈʃɛt͡sʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,748 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schätzung, with forms such as "cshätzung", "scchätzung", and "schhätzung". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Schätzungen", "Satzung", "schätzen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schätzung, spelled S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1grobe ungefähre oder vorläufige Einstufung
- 2hohe Wertung einer Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schätzung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach ersten Schätzungen wird das Geld nicht reichen.
„Es handelt sich offenbar um approximative und ungesicherte Schätzungen; aber die Größenordnungen und Gesamtentwicklungen können als tragfähig gelten.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshätzung
- scchätzung
- schhätzung
- schtäzung
- schättzung
- schätuzng
- schätznug
- schätzugn
- schätzungg
- schätzunng
- schätzzung
- schäztung
- scähtzung
- shcätzung
- sschätzung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schätzung - 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 3, 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 "Schätzung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schätzung". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schätzung" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Schätzungen". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,748 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.