Schläfe
[ˈʃlɛːfə]
The verdict
“Schläfe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,966
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Bereich zwischen Ohr und Auge, auf dem man beim Schlafen liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlafe · Schläfe · German
Schläfe · rank #46,966 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,966
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlitze
Nearest frequency peer: Schlitze (-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 „Schläfe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schleimhaut
Schleimhaut
53,038 corpus weight
- Schlick
Schlick
53,037 corpus weight
- Schlitze
Schlitze
53,036 corpus weight
- Schläfe
Schläfe
53,035 corpus weight
- Schläfer
Schläfer
53,034 corpus weight
- Schnalle
Schnalle
53,032 corpus weight
What this shows „Schläfe“ 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 | Schläfe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛːfə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schläfe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Schläfe (IPA [ˈʃlɛːfə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,966 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der Bereich zwischen Ohr und Auge, auf dem man beim Schlafen liegt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schläfe, with forms such as "cshläfe", "scchläfe", and "schhläfe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schlag", "schlau", "schlägt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Schläfe, spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-F-E.
Definition
- 1der Bereich zwischen Ohr und Auge, auf dem man beim Schlafen liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schläfe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schläge gegen die Schläfen setzten ihn vorübergehend außer Gefecht.
„Ein Spitzgeschoss hatte offenbar das Ohr zerfetzt, war dann in die Schläfe eingedrungen, ohne darin heimisch zu werden. Ein glatter Durchschuss also.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshläfe
- scchläfe
- schhläfe
- schlfäe
- schlläfe
- schläef
- schläffe
- schälfe
- sclhäfe
- shcläfe
- sschläfe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schläfe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Schläfe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).