scheme
[skiːm]
The verdict
“scheme” is uncommon German (frequency #68,641 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,641
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schema, System, Anlage
Corpus desk
Index DE-scheme · scheme · German
scheme · rank #68,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,641
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlachtfelde…
Nearest frequency peer: Schlachtfeldern (+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 „scheme“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sandige
sandige
31,364 corpus weight
- scheidende
scheidende
31,363 corpus weight
- scheme
scheme
31,360 corpus weight
- Schlachtfel…
Schlachtfeldern
31,359 corpus weight
- schmeichel
schmeichel
31,358 corpus weight
- Schmetterli…
Schmetterlings
31,357 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „scheme“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scheme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [skiːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „scheme“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
scheme is uncommon German at frequency #68,641 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [skiːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scheme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is scheme, spelled S-C-H-E-M-E.
Definition
- 1Schema, System, Anlage
- 2Schema, Aufstellung, Tabelle, Übersicht, schematische Darstellung
- 3Plan, Projekt, Programm
- 4(dunkler, finsterer) Plan, Intrige, Komplott
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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