Schauspielerin
[ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃpiːləʁɪn]
The verdict
“Schauspielerin” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,644 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,644
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die nach entsprechender Ausbildung Darstellerin im Film oder beim Theater oder Fernsehen ist
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 | Schauspielerin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃpiːləʁɪn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #4,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schauspielerin” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schauspielerin is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃpiːləʁɪn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,644 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schauspielerin, with forms such as "cshauspielerin", "scahuspielerin", and "scchauspielerin". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "schauspielern", "Schauspielers", "Schauspieler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schauspielerin, spelled S-C-H-A-U-S-P-I-E-L-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die nach entsprechender Ausbildung Darstellerin im Film oder beim Theater oder Fernsehen ist
- 2weibliche Person, die im wirklichen Leben durch Schauspielerei ihr wahres Gesicht verbirgt und andere vielleicht sogar täuschen will
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshauspielerin,scahuspielerin,scchauspielerin,schasupielerin,schaupsielerin,schausipelerin,schauspeilerin,schauspieelrin,schauspieleirn,schauspielerinn,schauspielerni,schauspielerrin,schauspiellerin,schauspielrein,schauspileerin,schausppielerin,schausspielerin,schhauspielerin,schuaspielerin,shcauspielerin,sschauspielerin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schauspielerin - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Using “Schauspielerin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-U-S-P-I-E-L-E-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃpiːləʁɪn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “schauspielern” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schauspielerin vs schauspielern
- 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.