Schere
[ˈʃeːʁə]
The verdict
“Schere” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,742. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,742
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zum Schneiden von Papier und anderer dünner Materialien
Corpus desk
Index DE-schere · Schere · German
Schere · rank #10,742 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,742
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Saturn
Nearest frequency peer: Saturn (-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 „Schere“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- samstags
samstags
89,262 corpus weight
- saniert
saniert
89,261 corpus weight
- Saturn
Saturn
89,260 corpus weight
- Schere
Schere
89,259 corpus weight
- Schlachten
Schlachten
89,258 corpus weight
- schlossen
schlossen
89,257 corpus weight
What this shows „Schere“ 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 | Schere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃeːʁə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schere“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Schere (IPA [ˈʃeːʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,742 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schere, with forms such as "cshere", "scchere", and "scehre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "scheu", "score", "share", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schere, spelled S-C-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1Gerät zum Schneiden von Papier und anderer dünner Materialien
- 2Organ zum Greifen bei Krebstieren
- 3große Differenz in der Ausprägung eines Merkmals
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schere ist ein klassisches Bastelutensil.
„Simen Tjing ergriff eine Schere und schnitt ihr vom Scheitel aus der erfaßten Haarfülle eine dicke Strähne heraus, wickelte sie in Papier ein und steckte sie in die Tasche.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshere
- scchere
- scehre
- scherre
- schhere
- schree
- shcere
- sschere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schere - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Schere", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).