Schauer
[ˈʃaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Schauer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,402
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Regenschauer: kurzer, heftiger Niederschlag analog: Schneeschauer
Corpus desk
Index DE-schauer · Schauer · German
Schauer · rank #14,402 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,402
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH RV
Nearest frequency peer: RV (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Schauer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Rumpf
Rumpf
85,601 corpus weight
- RV
RV
85,600 corpus weight
- Schauer
Schauer
85,599 corpus weight
- schweben
schweben
85,598 corpus weight
- schwersten
schwersten
85,597 corpus weight
- Schwindel
Schwindel
85,596 corpus weight
What this shows „Schauer“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Schauer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schauer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Schauer (IPA [ˈʃaʊ̯ɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,402 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schauer, with forms such as "cshauer", "scahuer", and "scchauer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "scher", "schwer", "schaut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schauer, spelled S-C-H-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Regenschauer: kurzer, heftiger Niederschlag analog: Schneeschauer
- 2Angstschauer: körperliche Reaktion (zum Beispiel Hautzucken) infolge starker Angstgefühle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es wird mit Schauern gerechnet.
„Als uns plötzlich ein Schauer überrascht, entfaltet sich ein Dach aus Regenschirmen über den Köpfen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshauer
- scahuer
- scchauer
- schaeur
- schauerr
- schaure
- schhauer
- schuaer
- shcauer
- sschauer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schauer - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schauer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).