schiefgehen
[ˈʃiːfˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“schiefgehen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,750
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht gelingen; anders verlaufen, als geplant und dabei erfolglos bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-schiefgehen · schiefgehen · German
schiefgehen · rank #25,750 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,750
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schaufel
Nearest frequency peer: Schaufel (-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 “schiefgehen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schaufel
Schaufel
74,252 corpus weight
- schiefgehen
schiefgehen
74,251 corpus weight
- Schlichter
Schlichter
74,250 corpus weight
- schlüssig
schlüssig
74,249 corpus weight
- schone
schone
74,248 corpus weight
- schottische
schottische
74,247 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schiefgehen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schiefgehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːfˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #25,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schiefgehen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around schiefgehen (IPA [ˈʃiːfˌɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,750 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nicht gelingen; anders verlaufen, als geplant und dabei erfolglos bleiben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for schiefgehen, with forms such as "cshiefgehen", "scchiefgehen", and "scheifgehen". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schiefgehen, spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht gelingen; anders verlaufen, als geplant und dabei erfolglos bleiben
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshiefgehen
- scchiefgehen
- scheifgehen
- schhiefgehen
- schiefeghen
- schieffgehen
- schiefgeehn
- schiefgehenn
- schiefgehhen
- schiefgehne
- schiefggehen
- schiefgheen
- schiegfehen
- schifegehen
- scihefgehen
- shciefgehen
- sschiefgehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schiefgehen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schiefgehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.