Schirmherr
[ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁ]
The verdict
“Schirmherr” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,465
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der mit seinem (bekannten) Namen als offizieller Unterstützer für eine Veranstaltung, eine Organisation, ein Projekt oder Ähnliches in Erscheinung tritt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schirmherr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #43,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schirmherr” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Schirmherr (IPA [ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,465 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der mit seinem (bekannten) Namen als offizieller Unterstützer für eine Veranstaltung, eine Organisation, ein Projekt oder Ähnliches in Erscheinung tritt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schirmherr, with forms such as "cshirmherr", "scchirmherr", and "schhirmherr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schirmherr, spelled S-C-H-I-R-M-H-E-R-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mit seinem (bekannten) Namen als offizieller Unterstützer für eine Veranstaltung, eine Organisation, ein Projekt oder Ähnliches in Erscheinung tritt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshirmherr,scchirmherr,schhirmherr,schimrherr,schirhmerr,schirmehrr,schirmher,schirmhherr,schirmhrer,schirmmherr,schirrmherr,schrimherr,scihrmherr,shcirmherr,sschirmherr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schirmherr - 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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Using “Schirmherr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-I-R-M-H-E-R-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃɪʁmˌhɛʁ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.