Schauplatz
[ˈʃaʊ̯ˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Schauplatz” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,008
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem etwas stattfindet oder stattgefunden hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-schauplatz · Schauplatz · German
Schauplatz · rank #13,008 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,008
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlimmen
Nearest frequency peer: schlimmen (+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 „Schauplatz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- said
said
86,996 corpus weight
- Saisonende
Saisonende
86,995 corpus weight
- Schauplatz
Schauplatz
86,993 corpus weight
- schlimmen
schlimmen
86,992 corpus weight
- Schmetterli…
Schmetterling
86,991 corpus weight
- schrecklich…
schrecklichen
86,990 corpus weight
What this shows „Schauplatz“ 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 | Schauplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schauplatz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Schauplatz (IPA [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌplat͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,008 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ort, an dem etwas stattfindet oder stattgefunden hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schauplatz, with forms such as "cshauplatz", "scahuplatz", and "scchauplatz". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Schauplätze", "Schlafplatz", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schauplatz, spelled S-C-H-A-U-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Ort, an dem etwas stattfindet oder stattgefunden hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schauplatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Sommer ist dieser Teil des Heath an jedem Samstagabend Schauplatz von Konzerten mit wunderbar englischer Atmosphäre: Man sitzt auf Deckchairs oder auch auf Picknickdecken und lauscht bei einem Glas Champagner sehr gepflegt der meist klassischen Musik.“
„Die Schauplätze und die Zeiten, um die es im Gespräch ging, wechselten oft, und doch blieb es beim Thema.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshauplatz
- scahuplatz
- scchauplatz
- schapulatz
- schaulpatz
- schaupaltz
- schauplattz
- schauplatzz
- schauplazt
- schaupllatz
- schaupltaz
- schaupplatz
- schhauplatz
- schuaplatz
- shcauplatz
- sschauplatz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schauplatz - 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
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).