schlimm
[ʃlɪm]
The verdict
“schlimm” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,432
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr negativ; nicht gut
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlimm · schlimm · German
schlimm · rank #1,432 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,432
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schade
Nearest frequency peer: schade (-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 „schlimm“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- rennen
rennen
98,572 corpus weight
- sage
sage
98,571 corpus weight
- schade
schade
98,570 corpus weight
- schlimm
schlimm
98,569 corpus weight
- Sekunden
Sekunden
98,568 corpus weight
- setzte
setzte
98,567 corpus weight
What this shows „schlimm“ 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 | schlimm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃlɪm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlimm“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around schlimm (IPA [ʃlɪm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,432 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlimm, with forms such as "cshlimm", "scchlimm", and "schhlimm". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Schwamm", "schramm", "Schlitz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 schlimm, spelled S-C-H-L-I-M-M.
Definition
- 1sehr negativ; nicht gut
- 2gegen anerkannte Werte verstoßend
- 3(Stelle des Körpers) nicht gesund, (chronisch) krank oder entzündet
- 4(Krankheiten, Verletzungen, etc.) bedrohlich oder ernsthaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlimm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deine schlimme Handschrift kann kein Mensch lesen.
„Seine Träger haben ihn im Stich gelassen und der feindlichen Natur ausgeliefert - ein schlimmer Schock, dessen Tragweite nachträglich zu schildern fast unmöglich ist.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlimm
- scchlimm
- schhlimm
- schilmm
- schlim
- schllimm
- schlmim
- sclhimm
- shclimm
- sschlimm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlimm - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "schlimm", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).