schildern
[ˈʃɪldɐn]
The verdict
“schildern” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,162
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas anschaulich und detailreich erzählen, beschreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-schildern · schildern · German
schildern · rank #12,162 · 15 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,162
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Ronald
Nearest frequency peer: Ronald (-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 „schildern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Reportage
Reportage
87,843 corpus weight
- riefen
riefen
87,841 corpus weight
- Ronald
Ronald
87,840 corpus weight
- schildern
schildern
87,839 corpus weight
- Schlauch
Schlauch
87,838 corpus weight
- Schmutz
Schmutz
87,836 corpus weight
What this shows „schildern“ 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 | schildern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪldɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schildern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around schildern (IPA [ˈʃɪldɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,162 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas anschaulich und detailreich erzählen, beschreiben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schildern, with forms such as "cshildern", "scchildern", and "schhildern". 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. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Schulden", "Schülern", "Schiller", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schildern, spelled S-C-H-I-L-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas anschaulich und detailreich erzählen, beschreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schildern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bitte schildern Sie den Unfallhergang.
Alle relevanten Vorkommnisse sind nun geschildert, würde ich sagen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshildern
- scchildern
- schhildern
- schidlern
- schilddern
- schildenr
- schildernn
- schilderrn
- schildren
- schiledrn
- schilldern
- schlidern
- scihldern
- shcildern
- sschildern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schildern - 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.
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 "schildern", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).