Schirm

/[ʃɪʁm]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,449

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schirm is aGermannoun. It means: ein meist runder, gewölbter Gegenstand, der vor bestimmten Dingen schützt oder eine Aktion unterbindet Pronounced [ʃɪʁm]. It ranks #9,449 in German word frequency. Often confused with shirt and Schiss.

Key facts for Schirm
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchirm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃɪʁm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,449
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schirm in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schirm is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃɪʁm]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,449 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schirm, with forms such as "cshirm", "scchirm", and "schhirm". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "shirt", "Schiss", "schürt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schirm, spelled S-C-H-I-R-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein meist runder, gewölbter Gegenstand, der vor bestimmten Dingen schützt oder eine Aktion unterbindet
  2. 2
    allegorisch für Schutz
  3. 3
    als Schutz vor dem Regen; Regenschirm
  4. 4
    Kurzform für Bildschirm
  5. 5
    Kurzform für einen Gegenstand, der vom Aussehen einem Regenschirm nahekommt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshirm,scchirm,schhirm,schimr,schirmm,schirrm,schrim,scihrm,shcirm,sschirm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schirm

Misspelling Variants of "Schirm"

cshirm6scchirm7schhirm7schimr6schirmm7schirrm7schrim6scihrm6
Misspelling Variants of "Schirm"

Frequency rank: #9,449 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schirm"?
"Schirm" is spelled S-C-H-I-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃɪʁm].
What does "Schirm" mean?
As a noun, "Schirm" means: ein meist runder, gewölbter Gegenstand, der vor bestimmten Dingen schützt oder eine Aktion unterbindet
What words are commonly confused with "Schirm"?
"Schirm" is commonly confused with "shirt", "Schiss", "schürt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schirm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schirm" is [ʃɪʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schirm" come from?
"Schirm" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.