schmuggeln
[ˈʃmʊɡl̩n]
The verdict
“schmuggeln” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,435. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,435
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - illegal Ware über die Grenze ein- oder ausführen, ohne Zoll und andere Steuern oder Abgaben zu zahlen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmuggeln · schmuggeln · German
schmuggeln · rank #35,435 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,435
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmerzfrei
Nearest frequency peer: schmerzfrei (-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 „schmuggeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schippe
Schippe
64,569 corpus weight
- Schlecker
Schlecker
64,568 corpus weight
- schmerzfrei
schmerzfrei
64,567 corpus weight
- schmuggeln
schmuggeln
64,566 corpus weight
- Schnickschn…
Schnickschnack
64,565 corpus weight
- Schottlands
Schottlands
64,563 corpus weight
What this shows „schmuggeln“ 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 | schmuggeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmʊɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #35,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schmuggeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around schmuggeln (IPA [ˈʃmʊɡl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,435 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for schmuggeln, with forms such as "cshmuggeln", "scchmuggeln", and "schhmuggeln". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "schmunzeln", "Schmuggel", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 schmuggeln, spelled S-C-H-M-U-G-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1illegal Ware über die Grenze ein- oder ausführen, ohne Zoll und andere Steuern oder Abgaben zu zahlen
- 2etwas heimlich und unerlaubt irgendwohin bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schmuggeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Grenze schmuggeln sie gerne Benzin, Kaffee und Tabak.
„Zu jener Zeit saß er eine dreimonatige Haftstrafe wegen Schmuggels ab - er hatte Feuersteine in den Hosentaschen nach Polen geschmuggelt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshmuggeln
- scchmuggeln
- schhmuggeln
- schmgugeln
- schmmuggeln
- schmugegln
- schmugeln
- schmuggelln
- schmuggelnn
- schmuggenl
- schmugglen
- schumggeln
- scmhuggeln
- shcmuggeln
- sschmuggeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schmuggeln - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).