Schelm
[ʃɛlm]
The verdict
“Schelm” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,753
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der gerne scherzt und neckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schelm · Schelm · German
Schelm · rank #32,753 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,753
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Scharfschützen
Nearest frequency peer: Scharfschützen (-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 „Schelm“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Saisonaufta…
Saisonauftakt
67,251 corpus weight
- salonfähig
salonfähig
67,250 corpus weight
- Scharfschüt…
Scharfschützen
67,249 corpus weight
- Schelm
Schelm
67,248 corpus weight
- Schengen
Schengen
67,247 corpus weight
- Schiiten
Schiiten
67,246 corpus weight
What this shows „Schelm“ 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 | Schelm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɛlm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schelm“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Schelm (IPA [ʃɛlm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schelm, with forms such as "cshelm", "scchelm", and "scehlm". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schul", "scheu", "scher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schelm, spelled S-C-H-E-L-M.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der gerne scherzt und neckt
- 2durchtriebener, unehrlicher Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schelm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Schelm ist, es sei geradeheraus gesagt, eine überaus unsympathische Figur, und seine Streiche können nur Leute lustig finden, die eine Neigung zum Fäkalhumor und zur Schadenfreude haben .“
Ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshelm
- scchelm
- scehlm
- schellm
- schelmm
- scheml
- schhelm
- schlem
- shcelm
- sschelm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schelm - 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 "Schelm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).