Schmitz
[ʃmɪt͡s]
The verdict
“Schmitz” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,582
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmitz · Schmitz · German
Schmitz · rank #12,582 · 12 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,582
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlussendlich
Nearest frequency peer: schlussendlich (-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 „Schmitz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- scheinst
scheinst
87,422 corpus weight
- Schiffes
Schiffes
87,421 corpus weight
- schlussendl…
schlussendlich
87,420 corpus weight
- Schmitz
Schmitz
87,419 corpus weight
- Segel
Segel
87,418 corpus weight
- sehenswert
sehenswert
87,417 corpus weight
What this shows „Schmitz“ 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 | Schmitz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃmɪt͡s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schmitz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schmitz (IPA [ʃmɪt͡s]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,582 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Nachname, Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schmitz, with forms such as "cshmitz", "scchmitz", and "schhmitz". 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. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Schutz", "Schritt", "Schnitt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Schmitz, spelled S-C-H-M-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1deutscher Nachname, Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vollständig hieß der Schmuse-Barde Sasha Schmitz - jedenfalls bis vor wenigen Tagen.
Frauenfußball-Bundesligist Turbine Potsdam hat Lisa Schmitz von Ligakonkurrent Bayer Leverkusen verpflichtet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshmitz
- scchmitz
- schhmitz
- schimtz
- schmittz
- schmitzz
- schmizt
- schmmitz
- schmtiz
- scmhitz
- shcmitz
- sschmitz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schmitz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Schmitz", 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).