Schill
[ʃɪl]
The verdict
“Schill” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,612
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - andere Bezeichnung für den Zander, einen im Süßwasser lebenden Raubfisch aus der Familie der Barsche. Der taxonomische Name lautet Stizostedion lucioperca.
Corpus desk
Index DE-schill · Schill · German
Schill · rank #39,612 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,612
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schiffbau
Nearest frequency peer: Schiffbau (-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 „Schill“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schauplätze
Schauplätze
60,392 corpus weight
- Schiffbau
Schiffbau
60,390 corpus weight
- Schill
Schill
60,389 corpus weight
- Schlachter
Schlachter
60,387 corpus weight
- Schlafplatz
Schlafplatz
60,386 corpus weight
- Schlusswort
Schlusswort
60,385 corpus weight
What this shows „Schill“ 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 | Schill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɪl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schill“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Schill (IPA [ʃɪl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,612 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schill, with forms such as "cshill", "scchill", and "schhill". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "still", "schul", "skill", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schill, spelled S-C-H-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1andere Bezeichnung für den Zander, einen im Süßwasser lebenden Raubfisch aus der Familie der Barsche. Der taxonomische Name lautet Stizostedion lucioperca.
- 2Ansammlung leerer Muschelschalen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe einen Schill gefangen.
„Die Metaphern und Epitheta, die ich für Forelle, Schill und Waller, Natur- oder Wiener Schnitzel, Schweinsstelze, Paprikarostbraten, verschiedene Salate und Erdäpfelspezien und schließlich die Gleichgewichtstorte oder die Linzerschnitten, das Gösser Bier, die Dürnsteiner, Kremser und Vöslauer Schoppenweine fand, kann ich mir nicht ins Gedächtnis zurückru…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshill
- scchill
- schhill
- schil
- schlil
- scihll
- shcill
- sschill
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schill - 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 "Schill", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).