schlank
[ʃlaŋk]
The verdict
“schlank” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,626
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Form schmal, nicht breit
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlank · schlank · German
schlank · rank #9,626 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,626
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH scheine
Nearest frequency peer: scheine (-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 „schlank“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schalter
Schalter
90,378 corpus weight
- schaltet
schaltet
90,377 corpus weight
- scheine
scheine
90,376 corpus weight
- schlank
schlank
90,375 corpus weight
- Schwerin
Schwerin
90,374 corpus weight
- schätzt
schätzt
90,373 corpus weight
What this shows „schlank“ 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 | schlank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃlaŋk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlank“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around schlank (IPA [ʃlaŋk]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,626 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in der Form schmal, nicht breit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlank, with forms such as "cshlank", "scchlank", and "schalnk". 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, "schlau", "Schwan", "Schwanz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 schlank, spelled S-C-H-L-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1in der Form schmal, nicht breit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit meiner Diät bin ich wieder so schlank wie früher.
Die Firma braucht eine schlankere Verwaltung.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlank
- scchlank
- schalnk
- schhlank
- schlakn
- schlankk
- schlannk
- schllank
- schlnak
- sclhank
- shclank
- sschlank
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlank - 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 "schlank", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).