Schaukel
[ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩]
The verdict
“Schaukel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,038 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,038
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Gerät, um sich um einen Drehpunkt auf und ab oder vor und zurück zu bewegen
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 | Schaukel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schaukel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schaukel is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,038 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Gerät, um sich um einen Drehpunkt auf und ab oder vor und zurück zu bewegen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schaukel, with forms such as "cshaukel", "scahukel", and "scchaukel". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Schaute", "Schenkel", "Schauten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schaukel, spelled S-C-H-A-U-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Gerät, um sich um einen Drehpunkt auf und ab oder vor und zurück zu bewegen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshaukel,scahukel,scchaukel,schakuel,schauekl,schaukell,schaukkel,schaukle,schhaukel,schuakel,shcaukel,sschaukel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schaukel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Schaukel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-U-K-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schaute” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schaukel vs Schaute
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.