schmackhaft
[ˈʃmakhaft]
The verdict
“schmackhaft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,877 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #22,877
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - angenehm schmeckend; zum Essen oder Trinken reizend, einladend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmackhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃmakhaft] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #22,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schmackhaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schmackhaft is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃmakhaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,877 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "angenehm schmeckend; zum Essen oder Trinken reizend, einladend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for schmackhaft, with forms such as "cshmackhaft", "scchmackhaft", and "schamckhaft". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schmackhaft, spelled S-C-H-M-A-C-K-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1angenehm schmeckend; zum Essen oder Trinken reizend, einladend
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshmackhaft,scchmackhaft,schamckhaft,schhmackhaft,schmacckhaft,schmachkaft,schmackahft,schmackhafft,schmackhaftt,schmackhatf,schmackhfat,schmackhhaft,schmackkhaft,schmakchaft,schmcakhaft,schmmackhaft,scmhackhaft,shcmackhaft,sschmackhaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schmackhaft - 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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Using “schmackhaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-M-A-C-K-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃmakhaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.