Schmiere

/[ˈʃmiːʁə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,457

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Schmiere is aGermannoun. It means: ölige, fetthaltige Substanz, besonders Schmiermittel und Schuhcreme Pronounced [ˈʃmiːʁə]. Often confused with schwere and schönere.

Key facts for Schmiere
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HeadwordSchmiere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃmiːʁə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,457
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schmiere in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schmiere is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃmiːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,457 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schmiere, with forms such as "cshmiere", "scchmiere", and "schhmiere". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "schwere", "schönere", "Schminke", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schmiere, spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ölige, fetthaltige Substanz, besonders Schmiermittel und Schuhcreme
  2. 2
    Hautpflegemittel, bei dem die wirksamen Substanzen mit einer (fettigen) Masse vermengt sind
  3. 3
    feuchte, glitschige, schmierige Substanz
  4. 4
    der streichbare Belag für die zum Verzehr bestimmte Brotschnitte
  5. 5
    Scheibe Brot mit (streichbarem) Belag
  6. 6
    Schläge
  7. 7
    schlechte Wanderbühne
  8. 8
    provinzielles, niveauloses Theater
  9. 9
    unerlaubte Übersetzungshilfe während einer Klassenarbeit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshmiere,scchmiere,schhmiere,schimere,schmeire,schmieer,schmierre,schmiree,schmmiere,scmhiere,shcmiere,sschmiere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schmiere

Misspelling Variants of "Schmiere"

cshmiere8scchmiere9schhmiere9schimere8schmeire8schmieer8schmierre9schmiree8
Misspelling Variants of "Schmiere"

Frequency rank: #48,457 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schmiere"?
"Schmiere" is spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmiːʁə].
What does "Schmiere" mean?
As a noun, "Schmiere" means: ölige, fetthaltige Substanz, besonders Schmiermittel und Schuhcreme
What words are commonly confused with "Schmiere"?
"Schmiere" is commonly confused with "schwere", "schönere", "Schminke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schmiere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schmiere" is [ˈʃmiːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schmiere" come from?
"Schmiere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.