scheuten
[ˈʃɔɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“scheuten” is uncommon German (frequency #77,277 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,277
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheuen
Corpus desk
Index DE-scheuten · scheuten · German
scheuten · rank #77,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,277
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schieren
Nearest frequency peer: schieren (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “scheuten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schaulustig…
Schaulustigen
22,727 corpus weight
- scheinheili…
scheinheilige
22,726 corpus weight
- scheuten
scheuten
22,724 corpus weight
- schieren
schieren
22,723 corpus weight
- Schiffswrack
Schiffswrack
22,722 corpus weight
- Schimpanse
Schimpanse
22,721 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “scheuten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scheuten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɔɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scheuten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scheuten is uncommon German at frequency #77,277 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɔɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for scheuten in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is scheuten, spelled S-C-H-E-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheuen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheuen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheuen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheuen
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.