Schikanen
[ʃiˈkaːnən]
The verdict
“Schikanen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,788
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schikane
Corpus desk
Index DE-schikanen · Schikanen · German
Schikanen · rank #42,788 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,788
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schienennetz
Nearest frequency peer: Schienennetz (-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 „Schikanen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Scheunen
Scheunen
57,215 corpus weight
- Schienennetz
Schienennetz
57,214 corpus weight
- Schikanen
Schikanen
57,213 corpus weight
- schlagfertig
schlagfertig
57,212 corpus weight
- Schlagstock
Schlagstock
57,211 corpus weight
- Schlümpfe
Schlümpfe
57,210 corpus weight
What this shows „Schikanen“ 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 | Schikanen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃiˈkaːnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schikanen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Schikanen (IPA [ʃiˈkaːnən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,788 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schikanen, with forms such as "cshikanen", "scchikanen", and "schhikanen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Schienen", "Schikane", "Schamanen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Schikanen, spelled S-C-H-I-K-A-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schikane
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schikane
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schikane
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schikane
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshikanen
- scchikanen
- schhikanen
- schiaknen
- schikaenn
- schikanenn
- schikannen
- schikkanen
- schiknaen
- schkianen
- scihkanen
- shcikanen
- sschikanen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schikanen - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schikanen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).