schlägt

[ʃlɛːkt]

/[ʃlɛːkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“schlägt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,176
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlagt · schlägt · German

schlägt · rank #2,176 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,176
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH russische

Nearest frequency peer: russische (-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 „schlägt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „schlägt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

schlägt vs schlug
71% similar
schlägt vs schlau
57% similar
schlägt vs schräg
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for schlägt
PropertyValue
Headwordschlägt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃlɛːkt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,176
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlägt“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schlägtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „russische“ (#2,175), „Sitz“ (#2,177), „Richard“ (#2,174). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schlägt“ bei #2,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around schlägt (IPA [ʃlɛːkt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,176 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlagen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlägt, with forms such as "cshlägt", "scchlägt", and "schhlägt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schlug", "schlau", "schräg", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schlägt, spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlagen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshlägt
  • scchlägt
  • schhlägt
  • schlgät
  • schllägt
  • schläggt
  • schlägtt
  • schlätg
  • schälgt
  • sclhägt
  • shclägt
  • sschlägt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlägt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cshlägt2scchlägt1schhlägt1schlgät2schllägt1schläggt1schlägtt1schlätg2
Edit distance from "schlägt"

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 "schlägt"?
"schlägt" is spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃlɛːkt].
What does "schlägt" mean?
As a verb, "schlägt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlagen
What words are commonly confused with "schlägt"?
"schlägt" is commonly confused with "schlug", "schlau", "schräg". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schlägt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schlägt" is [ʃlɛːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schlägt" come from?
"schlägt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Richard#2,174Nutzung#2,169Verlauf#2,183Wechsel#2,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

kommenden12 variantsKategorie12 variantsBeispiele12 variantsExperten12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list