schmeckst
[ʃmɛkst]
The verdict
“schmeckst” is uncommon German (frequency #79,689 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,689
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmeckst · schmeckst · German
schmeckst · rank #79,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,689
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schlüssigen
Nearest frequency peer: schlüssigen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schmeckst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schlagwerk
Schlagwerk
20,317 corpus weight
- schleichend…
schleichender
20,316 corpus weight
- schlüssigen
schlüssigen
20,313 corpus weight
- schmeckst
schmeckst
20,312 corpus weight
- Schneetreib…
Schneetreiben
20,310 corpus weight
- schnellerer
schnellerer
20,309 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schmeckst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmeckst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃmɛkst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schmeckst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schmeckst is uncommon German at frequency #79,689 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃmɛkst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schmeckst, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 schmeckst, spelled S-C-H-M-E-C-K-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schmeckst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.