schlichten
[ˈʃlɪçtn̩]
The verdict
“schlichten” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,934
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwischen streitenden Parteien vermitteln, einen Streit entschärfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlichten · schlichten · German
schlichten · rank #13,934 · 17 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,934
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schleifen
Nearest frequency peer: schleifen (-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 „schlichten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sb
Sb
86,070 corpus weight
- schlechtem
schlechtem
86,069 corpus weight
- schleifen
schleifen
86,068 corpus weight
- schlichten
schlichten
86,067 corpus weight
- schmunzeln
schmunzeln
86,066 corpus weight
- Schneide
Schneide
86,065 corpus weight
What this shows „schlichten“ 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 | schlichten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɪçtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlichten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around schlichten (IPA [ˈʃlɪçtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,934 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlichten, with forms such as "cshlichten", "scchlichten", and "schhlichten". 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, "Schlitten", "Schlichter", "Schluchten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schlichten, spelled S-C-H-L-I-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zwischen streitenden Parteien vermitteln, einen Streit entschärfen
- 2glätten
- 3zu einem Stoß aufrichten, stapeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlichten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der ausgefuchste Stratege Heiner Geißler soll den Dauerzoff um Stuttgart 21 schlichten - wenn überhaupt einer den Polit-Konflikt entspannen kann, dann er.“
„Auf dem Thing besprechen sie Gesetze, schlichten Streitigkeiten in ihrer Region.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlichten
- scchlichten
- schhlichten
- schilchten
- schlcihten
- schlicchten
- schlichetn
- schlichhten
- schlichtenn
- schlichtne
- schlichtten
- schlicthen
- schlihcten
- schllichten
- sclhichten
- shclichten
- sschlichten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlichten - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "schlichten", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).