Schlafende
[ˈʃlaːfn̩də]
The verdict
“Schlafende” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,756
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die schläft
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlafende · Schlafende · German
Schlafende · rank #32,756 · 16 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,756
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schiiten
Nearest frequency peer: Schiiten (-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 „Schlafende“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schelm
Schelm
67,248 corpus weight
- Schengen
Schengen
67,247 corpus weight
- Schiiten
Schiiten
67,246 corpus weight
- Schlafende
Schlafende
67,245 corpus weight
- Schlaflosig…
Schlaflosigkeit
67,244 corpus weight
- Schmach
Schmach
67,243 corpus weight
What this shows „Schlafende“ 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 | Schlafende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːfn̩də] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schlafende“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Schlafende (IPA [ˈʃlaːfn̩də]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,756 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "weibliche Person, die schläft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schlafende, with forms such as "cshlafende", "scchlafende", and "schalfende". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Schlafenden", "schlafen", "schlafend", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schlafende, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die schläft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schlafende appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er stand auf, faltete die Decke zusammen, legte sie ans Fußende des Bettes, griff sich seine Schuhe und zog sie an. Musterte die Schlafende, beugte sich über ihr verhärmtes Gesicht, hörte sie atmen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlafende
- scchlafende
- schalfende
- schhlafende
- schlaefnde
- schlafedne
- schlafendde
- schlafened
- schlafennde
- schlaffende
- schlafnede
- schlfaende
- schllafende
- sclhafende
- shclafende
- sschlafende
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schlafende - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Schlafende", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).