schickten

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

[ˈʃɪktn̩]

/[ˈʃɪktn̩]/ verb

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

The verdict

“schickten” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,708
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schicken

Corpus desk

Index DE-schickten · schickten · German

schickten · rank #19,708 · 15 variants · 13 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,708
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Schanze

Nearest frequency peer: Schanze (-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.

saugt

80,295
Schanze

80,294
schickten

80,293
schlanken

80,292
schnapp

80,291
Schweinefle…

80,290

What this shows „schickten“ 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).

schickten vs Schinken

67% similar

schickten vs Schiiten

67% similar

schickten vs schocken

78% similar

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

Key facts for schickten
Property	Value
Headword	schickten
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈʃɪktn̩]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#19,708
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	13
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schickten“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schicktenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#19,708

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schanze“ (#19,707), „schlanken“ (#19,709), „saugt“ (#19,706). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schickten“ bei #19,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around schickten (IPA [ˈʃɪktn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,708 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schickten, with forms such as "cshickten", "scchickten", and "schcikten". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Schinken", "Schiiten", "schocken", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schickten, spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-T-E-N.

Definition

1
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schicken
2
3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schicken
3
1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schicken
4
3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schicken

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cshickten
scchickten
schcikten
schhickten
schicckten
schicketn
schickkten
schicktenn
schicktne
schicktten
schictken
schikcten
scihckten
shcickten
sschickten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schickten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "schickten"

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 "schickten"?

"schickten" is spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪktn̩].

What does "schickten" mean?

As a verb, "schickten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schicken

What words are commonly confused with "schickten"?

"schickten" is commonly confused with "Schinken", "Schiiten", "schocken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "schickten"?

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

What language does "schickten" come from?

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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