Schicksalen
[ˈʃɪkˌz̥aːlən]
The verdict
“Schicksalen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,654 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,654
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schicksal
Corpus desk
Index DE-schicksalen · Schicksalen · German
Schicksalen · rank #66,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,654
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Scheuern
Nearest frequency peer: Scheuern (-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 “Schicksalen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Scherf
Scherf
33,350 corpus weight
- Scheuern
Scheuern
33,348 corpus weight
- Schicksalen
Schicksalen
33,347 corpus weight
- schiefgegan…
schiefgegangen
33,346 corpus weight
- Schindlers
Schindlers
33,344 corpus weight
- Schlafapnoe
Schlafapnoe
33,343 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schicksalen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schicksalen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪkˌz̥aːlən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schicksalen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schicksalen is uncommon German at frequency #66,654 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪkˌz̥aːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schicksal".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schicksalen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schicksalen, spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-S-A-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schicksal
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 "Schicksalen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 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.