Schekel
[ˈʃeːkl̩]
The verdict
“Schekel” is uncommon German (frequency #76,124 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,124
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alte babylonische, phönizische und hebräische Einheit für ein Gewicht (von – je nach Epoche und Region – einigen Gramm, besonders für Edelmetalle wie Gold und Silber) und für das Geld bestimmter Mü...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schekel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃeːkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schekel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schekel is uncommon German at frequency #76,124 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃeːkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schekel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schekel, spelled S-C-H-E-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1alte babylonische, phönizische und hebräische Einheit für ein Gewicht (von – je nach Epoche und Region – einigen Gramm, besonders für Edelmetalle wie Gold und Silber) und für das Geld bestimmter Münzen als Währung
- 2in Israel und den Palästinensischen Autonomiegebieten verwendete Währungseinheit
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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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Using “Schekel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-E-K-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃeːkl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.