Schlips
[ʃlɪps]
The verdict
“Schlips” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,193
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krawatte; ein schmaler Streifen aus Stoff, der um den Hals gebunden und typischerweise zu Hemd und Anzug getragen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlips · Schlips · German
Schlips · rank #40,193 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,193
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schnittpunkt
Nearest frequency peer: Schnittpunkt (+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 „Schlips“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- saurer
saurer
59,811 corpus weight
- SBZ
SBZ
59,810 corpus weight
- Schlips
Schlips
59,808 corpus weight
- Schnittpunkt
Schnittpunkt
59,807 corpus weight
- Schnürsenkel
Schnürsenkel
59,806 corpus weight
- Schriftstück
Schriftstück
59,805 corpus weight
What this shows „Schlips“ 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 | Schlips |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃlɪps] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schlips“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schlips (IPA [ʃlɪps]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,193 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Krawatte; ein schmaler Streifen aus Stoff, der um den Hals gebunden und typischerweise zu Hemd und Anzug getragen wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schlips, with forms such as "cshlips", "scchlips", and "schhlips". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Schluss", "Schloss", "Schnaps", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schlips, spelled S-C-H-L-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1Krawatte; ein schmaler Streifen aus Stoff, der um den Hals gebunden und typischerweise zu Hemd und Anzug getragen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlips appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim Firmenjubiläum erschienen alle Herren mit Anzug und Schlips.
Sein grüner Schlips mit violetten Punkten war natürlich der Gipfel der Geschmacklosigkeit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshlips
- scchlips
- schhlips
- schilps
- schlipps
- schlipss
- schlisp
- schllips
- schlpis
- sclhips
- shclips
- sschlips
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schlips - 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 "Schlips", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).