schizophrene

[ʃit͡soˈfʁeːnə]

/[ʃit͡soˈfʁeːnə]/ adj

The verdict

“schizophrene” is uncommon German (frequency #83,257 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,257
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren

Corpus desk

Index DE-schizophrene · schizophrene · German

schizophrene · rank #83,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,257
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Scheitelpunkt

Nearest frequency peer: Scheitelpunkt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schizophrene“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schizophrene“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schizophrene
PropertyValue
Headwordschizophrene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃit͡soˈfʁeːnə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#83,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schizophrene“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schizophrenefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Scheitelpunkt“ (#83,256), „Schlagseite“ (#83,258), „Scheinwelt“ (#83,255). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schizophrene“ bei #83,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schizophrene is uncommon German at frequency #83,257 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃit͡soˈfʁeːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schizophrene, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schizophrene, spelled S-C-H-I-Z-O-P-H-R-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schizophrene"?
"schizophrene" is spelled S-C-H-I-Z-O-P-H-R-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃit͡soˈfʁeːnə].
What does "schizophrene" mean?
As an adjective, "schizophrene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schizophren
How do you pronounce "schizophrene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schizophrene" is [ʃit͡soˈfʁeːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schizophrene", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list