schlichtweg
[ˈʃlɪçtˌvɛk]
The verdict
“schlichtweg” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,231
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ganz einfach
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlichtweg · schlichtweg · German
schlichtweg · rank #13,231 · 19 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,231
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlesien
Nearest frequency peer: Schlesien (-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 „schlichtweg“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schacht
Schacht
86,773 corpus weight
- Schlamm
Schlamm
86,772 corpus weight
- Schlesien
Schlesien
86,771 corpus weight
- schlichtweg
schlichtweg
86,770 corpus weight
- schlief
schlief
86,769 corpus weight
- schreie
schreie
86,768 corpus weight
What this shows „schlichtweg“ 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 | schlichtweg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɪçtˌvɛk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #13,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlichtweg“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around schlichtweg (IPA [ˈʃlɪçtˌvɛk]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #13,231 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ganz einfach".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlichtweg, with forms such as "cshlichtweg", "scchlichtweg", and "schhlichtweg". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "schlichte", "schlichten", "Schlichter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schlichtweg, spelled S-C-H-L-I-C-H-T-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1ganz einfach
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlichtweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Witz ist schlichtweg uralt.
„Sie finden, daß in Kühtai schlichtweg zuwenig los sei, und bieten ihren Gästen auf eigene Faust ein größeres Freizeitangebot an: Tandemflüge mit Paragleitern, Fackelläufe, kostenlose Skitests, Eisstockschießen, Rodelabende mit Glühwein, Live-Shows von Popsängern und Zauberern.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlichtweg
- scchlichtweg
- schhlichtweg
- schilchtweg
- schlcihtweg
- schlicchtweg
- schlichhtweg
- schlichtewg
- schlichttweg
- schlichtwegg
- schlichtwge
- schlichtwweg
- schlichwteg
- schlicthweg
- schlihctweg
- schllichtweg
- sclhichtweg
- shclichtweg
- sschlichtweg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlichtweg - 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 "schlichtweg", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).