schlimmere

[ˈʃlɪməʁə]

/[ˈʃlɪməʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schlimmere” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,875
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlimmere · schlimmere · German

schlimmere · rank #22,875 · 14 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,875
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schleunigst

Nearest frequency peer: schleunigst (-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 „schlimmere“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „schlimmere“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

schlimmere vs schlimmes
80% similar
schlimmere vs Schwimmer
70% similar
schlimmere vs schlimmste
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for schlimmere
PropertyValue
Headwordschlimmere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃlɪməʁə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,875
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schlimmere“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schlimmereliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „schleunigst“ (#22,874), „schläfst“ (#22,876), „schmackhaft“ (#22,877). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schlimmere“ bei #22,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around schlimmere (IPA [ˈʃlɪməʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,875 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for schlimmere, with forms such as "cshlimmere", "scchlimmere", and "schhlimmere". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "schlimmes", "Schwimmer", "schlimmste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schlimmere, spelled S-C-H-L-I-M-M-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshlimmere
  • scchlimmere
  • schhlimmere
  • schilmmere
  • schlimemre
  • schlimere
  • schlimmeer
  • schlimmerre
  • schlimmree
  • schllimmere
  • schlmimere
  • sclhimmere
  • shclimmere
  • sschlimmere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schlimmere - 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.

cshlimmere2scchlimmere1schhlimmere1schilmmere2schlimemre2schlimere1schlimmeer2schlimmerre1
Edit distance from "schlimmere"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schlimmere"?
"schlimmere" is spelled S-C-H-L-I-M-M-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlɪməʁə].
What does "schlimmere" mean?
As an adjective, "schlimmere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs schlimm
What words are commonly confused with "schlimmere"?
"schlimmere" is commonly confused with "schlimmes", "Schwimmer", "schlimmste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schlimmere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schlimmere" is [ˈʃlɪməʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schlimmere" come from?
"schlimmere" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schlimmere", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sichersten#22,892Tapferkeit#22,917markierten#22,823langweilen#22,807

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

schläfst14 variantsschaltete14 variantsseltsamer14 variantsRegiments14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list