Schmach
[ʃmaːx]
The verdict
“Schmach” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,758
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erhebliche Beeinträchtigung des Ansehens, durch andere beigebracht
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmach · Schmach · German
Schmach · rank #32,758 · 12 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,758
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlaflosigke…
Nearest frequency peer: Schlaflosigkeit (-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 „Schmach“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schiiten
Schiiten
67,246 corpus weight
- Schlafende
Schlafende
67,245 corpus weight
- Schlaflosig…
Schlaflosigkeit
67,244 corpus weight
- Schmach
Schmach
67,243 corpus weight
- Schorndorf
Schorndorf
67,242 corpus weight
- Schulklasse
Schulklasse
67,241 corpus weight
What this shows „Schmach“ 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 | Schmach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃmaːx] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schmach“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schmach (IPA [ʃmaːx]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,758 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erhebliche Beeinträchtigung des Ansehens, durch andere beigebracht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schmach, with forms such as "cshmach", "scchmach", and "schamch". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "schmal", "schwach", "Schmuck", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schmach, spelled S-C-H-M-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1erhebliche Beeinträchtigung des Ansehens, durch andere beigebracht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was für eine Schmach!
Der Libanon-Feldzug wurde zu einer Schmach für die bis anhin unbezwungene israelische Armee.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshmach
- scchmach
- schamch
- schhmach
- schmacch
- schmachh
- schmahc
- schmcah
- schmmach
- scmhach
- shcmach
- sschmach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schmach - 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 "Schmach", 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).