schmales

Name: schmales, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃmaːləs]

/[ˈʃmaːləs]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“schmales” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,617
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmal

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmales · schmales · German

schmales · rank #39,617 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #39,617
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Schlusswort

Nearest frequency peer: Schlusswort (-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.

Schlachter

60,387
Schlafplatz

60,386
Schlusswort

60,385
schmales

60,384
Schwedt

60,383
schweige

60,382

What this shows „schmales“ 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).

schmales vs Schmalz

63% similar

schmales vs schwules

75% similar

schmales vs Schale

63% similar

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

Key facts for schmales
Property	Value
Headword	schmales
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʃmaːləs]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#39,617
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schmales“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schmalesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#39,617

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schlusswort“ (#39,616), „Schwedt“ (#39,618), „Schlafplatz“ (#39,615). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schmales“ bei #39,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around schmales (IPA [ˈʃmaːləs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,617 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schmales, with forms such as "cshmales", "scchmales", and "schamles". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Schmalz", "schwules", "Schale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 schmales, spelled S-C-H-M-A-L-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmal
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmal
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmal
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cshmales
scchmales
schamles
schhmales
schmaels
schmaless
schmalles
schmalse
schmlaes
schmmales
scmhales
shcmales
sschmales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schmales - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "schmales"

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 "schmales"?

"schmales" is spelled S-C-H-M-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmaːləs].

What does "schmales" mean?

As an adjective, "schmales" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmal

What words are commonly confused with "schmales"?

"schmales" is commonly confused with "Schmalz", "schwules", "Schale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "schmales"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schmales" is [ˈʃmaːləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "schmales" come from?

"schmales" 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 "schmales", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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