schlagfertig
[ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪç]
The verdict
“schlagfertig” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,789
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fähig, schnell humorvolle oder geistreiche Antworten geben zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlagfertig · schlagfertig · German
schlagfertig · rank #42,789 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,789
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schikanen
Nearest frequency peer: Schikanen (-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 „schlagfertig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Scheunen
Scheunen
57,215 corpus weight
- Schienennetz
Schienennetz
57,214 corpus weight
- Schikanen
Schikanen
57,213 corpus weight
- schlagfertig
schlagfertig
57,212 corpus weight
- Schlagstock
Schlagstock
57,211 corpus weight
- Schlümpfe
Schlümpfe
57,210 corpus weight
What this shows „schlagfertig“ 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 | schlagfertig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #42,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlagfertig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around schlagfertig (IPA [ˈʃlaːkˌfɛʁtɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,789 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlagfertig, with forms such as "cshlagfertig", "scchlagfertig", and "schalgfertig". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "schlagartig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schlagfertig, spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-F-E-R-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1fähig, schnell humorvolle oder geistreiche Antworten geben zu können
- 2treffend, einfallsreich und meist zugleich humorvoll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlagfertig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für politische Diskussionen bin ich einfach nicht schlagfertig genug.
Seine schlagfertige Bemerkung hat seinen Gegner völlig aus dem Konzept gebracht.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlagfertig
- scchlagfertig
- schalgfertig
- schhlagfertig
- schlafgertig
- schlagefrtig
- schlagferitg
- schlagferrtig
- schlagfertgi
- schlagfertigg
- schlagferttig
- schlagfetrig
- schlagffertig
- schlagfretig
- schlaggfertig
- schlgafertig
- schllagfertig
- sclhagfertig
- shclagfertig
- sschlagfertig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlagfertig - 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 "schlagfertig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).