Schimmer
[ˈʃɪmɐ]
The verdict
“Schimmer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,538
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - matter Lichtschein, schwacher Glanz
Corpus desk
Index DE-schimmer · Schimmer · German
Schimmer · rank #16,538 · 11 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,538
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sanitäter
Nearest frequency peer: Sanitäter (-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 „Schimmer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ruine
Ruine
83,466 corpus weight
- Salomon
Salomon
83,465 corpus weight
- Sanitäter
Sanitäter
83,464 corpus weight
- Schimmer
Schimmer
83,463 corpus weight
- schlanke
schlanke
83,462 corpus weight
- Schleier
Schleier
83,461 corpus weight
What this shows „Schimmer“ 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 | Schimmer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪmɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schimmer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Schimmer (IPA [ˈʃɪmɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,538 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schimmer, with forms such as "cshimmer", "scchimmer", and "schhimmer". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Schirme", "schlimme", "schlimmer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Schimmer, spelled S-C-H-I-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1matter Lichtschein, schwacher Glanz
- 2geringe Kenntnis von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schimmer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der matte Schimmer des Mondlichtes lag über der Landschaft.
Der Schimmer eines Lächelns flog über ihr Gesicht.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshimmer
- scchimmer
- schhimmer
- schimemr
- schimer
- schimmerr
- schimmre
- schmimer
- scihmmer
- shcimmer
- sschimmer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schimmer - 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 "Schimmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).