Schmidt
[ʃmɪt]
The verdict
“Schmidt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,124
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmidt · Schmidt · German
Schmidt · rank #2,124 · 12 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,124
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Rhein
Nearest frequency peer: Rhein (-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 „Schmidt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Republik
Republik
97,880 corpus weight
- Retten
Retten
97,879 corpus weight
- Rhein
Rhein
97,878 corpus weight
- Schmidt
Schmidt
97,877 corpus weight
- sogenannte
sogenannte
97,876 corpus weight
- stattdessen
stattdessen
97,875 corpus weight
What this shows „Schmidt“ 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 | Schmidt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃmɪt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schmidt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schmidt (IPA [ʃmɪt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,124 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schmidt, with forms such as "cshmidt", "scchmidt", and "schhmidt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Schritt", "Schnitt", "Schrift", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schmidt, spelled S-C-H-M-I-D-T.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmidt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Herr Schmidt hat wirklich einen spannenden Vortrag gehalten.
Die Schmidts kommen stets pünktlich.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshmidt
- scchmidt
- schhmidt
- schimdt
- schmdit
- schmiddt
- schmidtt
- schmitd
- schmmidt
- scmhidt
- shcmidt
- sschmidt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schmidt - 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 "Schmidt", 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).