schaukeln
[ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩n]
The verdict
“schaukeln” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,493
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich auf und ab oder hin und her bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schaukeln · schaukeln · German
schaukeln · rank #24,493 · 14 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,493
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schamlos
Nearest frequency peer: schamlos (-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 „schaukeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Samba
Samba
75,512 corpus weight
- Saum
Saum
75,511 corpus weight
- Schaffner
Schaffner
75,510 corpus weight
- schamlos
schamlos
75,509 corpus weight
- schaukeln
schaukeln
75,508 corpus weight
- Scheide
Scheide
75,507 corpus weight
What this shows „schaukeln“ 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 | schaukeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schaukeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around schaukeln (IPA [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,493 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich auf und ab oder hin und her bewegen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for schaukeln, with forms such as "cshaukeln", "scahukeln", and "scchaukeln". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Schauten", "Schenkeln", "schauen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 schaukeln, spelled S-C-H-A-U-K-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1sich auf und ab oder hin und her bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schaukeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Boot hat sehr stark auf den Wellen geschaukelt.
Die Kinder schaukeln auf der Wiese.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshaukeln
- scahukeln
- scchaukeln
- schakueln
- schauekln
- schaukelln
- schaukelnn
- schaukenl
- schaukkeln
- schauklen
- schhaukeln
- schuakeln
- shcaukeln
- sschaukeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schaukeln - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schaukeln", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).