Scherf
[ʃɛʁf]
The verdict
“Scherf” is uncommon German (frequency #66,651 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,651
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die kleinste Münze
Corpus desk
Index DE-scherf · Scherf · German
Scherf · rank #66,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,651
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schandtaten
Nearest frequency peer: Schandtaten (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Scherf”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Saustall
Saustall
33,354 corpus weight
- Schandtaten
Schandtaten
33,352 corpus weight
- Scherf
Scherf
33,350 corpus weight
- Scheuern
Scheuern
33,348 corpus weight
- Schicksalen
Schicksalen
33,347 corpus weight
- schiefgegan…
schiefgegangen
33,346 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Scherf” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scherf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɛʁf] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Scherf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Scherf is uncommon German at frequency #66,651 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃɛʁf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Scherf has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Scherf, spelled S-C-H-E-R-F.
Definition
- 1die kleinste Münze
- 2ein sehr kleiner monetärer Betrag
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Scherf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.