Schlegel
[ˈʃleːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Schlegel” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,049
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hintere Keule von Schlachttieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlegel · Schlegel · German
Schlegel · rank #20,049 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,049
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schimpft
Nearest frequency peer: schimpft (-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 „Schlegel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schilderung
Schilderung
79,955 corpus weight
- Schildkröte
Schildkröte
79,954 corpus weight
- schimpft
schimpft
79,953 corpus weight
- Schlegel
Schlegel
79,952 corpus weight
- schmieden
schmieden
79,951 corpus weight
- schnarchen
schnarchen
79,950 corpus weight
What this shows „Schlegel“ 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 | Schlegel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃleːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schlegel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Schlegel (IPA [ˈʃleːɡl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,049 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "hintere Keule von Schlachttieren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schlegel, with forms such as "cshlegel", "scchlegel", and "schelgel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Schleier", "Schwefel", "Schlingel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schlegel, spelled S-C-H-L-E-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1hintere Keule von Schlachttieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlegel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So ein Schlegel vom Reh ist ein ausgesprochen leckerer Sonntagsbraten.
„Ich bekomme also meinen knusprigen Schlegel ohne jedes Beiwerk in einem nackten Papptellerchen serviert und setze mich auf einen Barhocker neben dem hohen Gartentisch.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlegel
- scchlegel
- schelgel
- schhlegel
- schleegl
- schlegell
- schleggel
- schlegle
- schlgeel
- schllegel
- sclhegel
- shclegel
- sschlegel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schlegel - 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 "Schlegel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).