schicken
[ˈʃɪkn̩]
The verdict
“schicken” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,709. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,709
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden von einem Ort zu einem anderen senden
Corpus desk
Index DE-schicken · schicken · German
schicken · rank #1,709 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,709
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schafft
Nearest frequency peer: schafft (-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 „schicken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- nett
nett
98,295 corpus weight
- Polizisten
Polizisten
98,294 corpus weight
- schafft
schafft
98,293 corpus weight
- schicken
schicken
98,292 corpus weight
- schrieb
schrieb
98,291 corpus weight
- Seele
Seele
98,290 corpus weight
What this shows „schicken“ 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 | schicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schicken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around schicken (IPA [ˈʃɪkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,709 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schicken, with forms such as "cshicken", "scchicken", and "schciken". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schien", "schickt", "schieben", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schicken, spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden von einem Ort zu einem anderen senden
- 2den sittlichen Maßstäben entsprechen
- 3(aus)reichen
- 4geschehen
- 5etwas schneller machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich kann es ihr nicht direkt sagen. Ich schicke ihr einen Liebesbrief.
Es schickt sich nicht so etwas zu sagen!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshicken
- scchicken
- schciken
- schhicken
- schiccken
- schicekn
- schickenn
- schickken
- schickne
- schikcen
- scihcken
- shcicken
- sschicken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schicken - 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 "schicken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).