schilderte
[ˈʃɪldɐtə]
The verdict
“schilderte” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,299
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schildern
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 | schilderte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪldɐtə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schilderte” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around schilderte (IPA [ˈʃɪldɐtə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,299 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for schilderte, with forms such as "cshilderte", "scchilderte", and "schhilderte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Schildkröte", "Schilder", "schildert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schilderte, spelled S-C-H-I-L-D-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schildern
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schildern
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schildern
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schildern
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshilderte
- scchilderte
- schhilderte
- schidlerte
- schildderte
- schilderet
- schilderrte
- schildertte
- schildetre
- schildrete
- schiledrte
- schillderte
- schliderte
- scihlderte
- shcilderte
- sschilderte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schilderte - 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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Using “schilderte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-I-L-D-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃɪldɐtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schildkröte” - see the side-by-side comparison. schilderte vs Schildkröte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.