scheuer

Name: scheuer, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐ]

/[ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“scheuer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,742. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,742
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu

Corpus desk

Index DE-scheuer · scheuer · German

scheuer · rank #15,742 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,742
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Scanner

Nearest frequency peer: Scanner (-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.

Sami

84,262
SBB

84,261
Scanner

84,260
scheuer

84,259
Schlussfolg…

84,258
separat

84,256

What this shows „scheuer“ 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).

scheuer vs schwer

71% similar

scheuer vs Steuer

57% similar

scheuer vs schier

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for scheuer
Property	Value
Headword	scheuer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#15,742
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „scheuer“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.scheuerliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#15,742

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Scanner“ (#15,741), „Schlussfolgerung“ (#15,743), „SBB“ (#15,740). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „scheuer“ bei #15,742. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around scheuer (IPA [ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,742 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for scheuer, with forms such as "csheuer", "sccheuer", and "scehuer". 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, "schwer", "Steuer", "schier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is scheuer, spelled S-C-H-E-U-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

csheuer
sccheuer
scehuer
scheeur
scheuerr
scheure
schheuer
schueer
shceuer
sscheuer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scheuer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "scheuer"

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 "scheuer"?

"scheuer" is spelled S-C-H-E-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐ].

What does "scheuer" mean?

As an adjective, "scheuer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheu

What words are commonly confused with "scheuer"?

"scheuer" is commonly confused with "schwer", "Steuer", "schier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "scheuer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scheuer" is [ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "scheuer" come from?

"scheuer" 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 "scheuer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Scanner#15,741 separat#15,745 Sabrina#15,738 Siedler#15,746

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Räumung10 variants Pracht10 variants Variable10 variants Martini10 variants