schiere

/[ˈʃiːʁə]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,567

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

schiere is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier Pronounced [ˈʃiːʁə]. Often confused with schwer and Schnee.

Key facts for schiere
PropertyValue
Headwordschiere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃiːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,567
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of schiere in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schiere is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃiːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,567 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for schiere, with forms such as "cshiere", "scchiere", and "scheire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schwer", "Schnee", "Schirm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schiere, spelled S-C-H-I-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshiere,scchiere,scheire,schhiere,schieer,schierre,schiree,shciere,sschiere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schiere

Misspelling Variants of "schiere"

cshiere7scchiere8scheire7schhiere8schieer7schierre8schiree7shciere7
Misspelling Variants of "schiere"

Frequency rank: #45,567 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schiere"?
"schiere" is spelled S-C-H-I-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃiːʁə].
What does "schiere" mean?
As an adj, "schiere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schier
What words are commonly confused with "schiere"?
"schiere" is commonly confused with "schwer", "Schnee", "Schirm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schiere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schiere" is [ˈʃiːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schiere" come from?
"schiere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.