Schlingel
[ˈʃlɪŋl̩]
The verdict
“Schlingel” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,893. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,893
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kind (meist männlich), das Streiche spielt; übertragen auch Erwachsener
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlingel · Schlingel · German
Schlingel · rank #44,893 · 15 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,893
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schiefgelaufen
Nearest frequency peer: schiefgelaufen (-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 „Schlingel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schandfleck
Schandfleck
55,111 corpus weight
- Schiedsgeri…
Schiedsgerichte
55,110 corpus weight
- schiefgelau…
schiefgelaufen
55,109 corpus weight
- Schlingel
Schlingel
55,108 corpus weight
- schlummern
schlummern
55,107 corpus weight
- schlürfen
schlürfen
55,106 corpus weight
What this shows „Schlingel“ 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 | Schlingel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɪŋl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schlingel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Schlingel (IPA [ˈʃlɪŋl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,893 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Kind (meist männlich), das Streiche spielt; übertragen auch Erwachsener".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schlingel, with forms such as "cshlingel", "scchlingel", and "schhlingel". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "schwinge", "schwingen", "Schwindel", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schlingel, spelled S-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Kind (meist männlich), das Streiche spielt; übertragen auch Erwachsener
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlingel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat die Fernbedienung versteckt, dieser Schlingel!
„Da hatte sie nun den Schlingel von Eindringling so schön in der Klemme, nur noch ein kurzes Weilchen, und sie würde ihn abwürgen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlingel
- scchlingel
- schhlingel
- schilngel
- schlignel
- schlinegl
- schlingell
- schlinggel
- schlingle
- schlinngel
- schllingel
- schlnigel
- sclhingel
- shclingel
- sschlingel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schlingel - 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 "Schlingel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).