Scherereien

[ʃeːʁəˈʁaɪ̯ən]

/[ʃeːʁəˈʁaɪ̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Scherereien” is uncommon German (frequency #99,040 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,040
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schererei

Corpus desk

Index DE-scherereien · Scherereien · German

Scherereien · rank #99,040 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,040
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH scheinende

Nearest frequency peer: scheinende (-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 „Scherereien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Scherereien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Scherereien
PropertyValue
HeadwordScherereien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃeːʁəˈʁaɪ̯ən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,040
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Scherereien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Scherereienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „scheinende“ (#99,039), „Scherzkeks“ (#99,041), „Scheibbs“ (#99,038). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Scherereien“ bei #99,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scherereien is uncommon German at frequency #99,040 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃeːʁəˈʁaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Scherereien, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Scherereien, spelled S-C-H-E-R-E-R-E-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schererei
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schererei
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schererei
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schererei

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Scherereien"?
"Scherereien" is spelled S-C-H-E-R-E-R-E-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃeːʁəˈʁaɪ̯ən].
What does "Scherereien" mean?
As a noun, "Scherereien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schererei
How do you pronounce "Scherereien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scherereien" is [ʃeːʁəˈʁaɪ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scherereien" come from?
"Scherereien" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Scherereien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schaltkreis#99,032Schlückchen#99,051Schnellzüge#99,055Salzstreuer#99,021

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list