scheid

[ʃaɪ̯t]

/[ʃaɪ̯t]/ verb

The verdict

“scheid” is uncommon German (frequency #63,729 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,729
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs scheiden

Corpus desk

Index DE-scheid · scheid · German

scheid · rank #63,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,729
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schaulustige

Nearest frequency peer: Schaulustige (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „scheid“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „scheid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scheid
PropertyValue
Headwordscheid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃaɪ̯t]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „scheid“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).scheidfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schaulustige“ (#63,728), „scary“ (#63,727), „Satteldach“ (#63,726). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „scheid“ bei #63,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scheid is uncommon German at frequency #63,729 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs scheiden".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scheid, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is scheid, spelled S-C-H-E-I-D.

Definition

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    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs scheiden

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

How do you spell "scheid"?
"scheid" is spelled S-C-H-E-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃaɪ̯t].
What does "scheid" mean?
As a verb, "scheid" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs scheiden
How do you pronounce "scheid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scheid" is [ʃaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scheid" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scheid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list