scheitern
[ˈʃaɪ̯tɐn]
The verdict
“scheitern” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,229
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas nicht erreichen, das man erreichen will
Corpus desk
Index DE-scheitern · scheitern · German
scheitern · rank #4,229 · 14 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,229
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schaue
Nearest frequency peer: schaue (-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 „scheitern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- power
power
95,775 corpus weight
- Reform
Reform
95,774 corpus weight
- schaue
schaue
95,773 corpus weight
- scheitern
scheitern
95,772 corpus weight
- Spieltag
Spieltag
95,771 corpus weight
- spreche
spreche
95,770 corpus weight
What this shows „scheitern“ 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 | scheitern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃaɪ̯tɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „scheitern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around scheitern (IPA [ˈʃaɪ̯tɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,229 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas nicht erreichen, das man erreichen will".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for scheitern, with forms such as "csheitern", "sccheitern", and "scehitern". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Schiiten", "schultern", "scheitert", 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 scheitern, spelled S-C-H-E-I-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas nicht erreichen, das man erreichen will
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scheitern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit diesem Projekt sind wir leider ganz und gar gescheitert.
„Entscheidungen fielen grundsätzlich im Senat. Aber zu ihrer Verwirklichung bedurfte es der Magistrate und bei Gesetzen auch der Volksversammlung. Einzelne Politiker oder Gruppen konnten vielleicht vorübergehend den Senat majorisieren, doch sie mussten nach menschlichem Ermessen an einer der beiden anderen Instanzen scheitern, da sich diese ihrer Kontroll…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- csheitern
- sccheitern
- scehitern
- scheietrn
- scheitenr
- scheiternn
- scheiterrn
- scheitren
- scheittern
- schetiern
- schheitern
- schietern
- shceitern
- sscheitern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scheitern - 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 "scheitern", 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).