Schmutz
[ʃmʊt͡s]
The verdict
“Schmutz” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,165
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unsauberkeit, feuchter Dreck, Staub
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmutz · Schmutz · German
Schmutz · rank #12,165 · 12 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,165
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwager
Nearest frequency peer: Schwager (+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 „Schmutz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schildern
schildern
87,839 corpus weight
- Schlauch
Schlauch
87,838 corpus weight
- Schmutz
Schmutz
87,836 corpus weight
- Schwager
Schwager
87,835 corpus weight
- schädlich
schädlich
87,834 corpus weight
- Schöpfer
Schöpfer
87,833 corpus weight
What this shows „Schmutz“ 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 | Schmutz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃmʊt͡s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schmutz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schmutz (IPA [ʃmʊt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,165 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schmutz, with forms such as "cshmutz", "scchmutz", and "schhmutz". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Schutz", "Schulz", "schütt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schmutz, spelled S-C-H-M-U-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Unsauberkeit, feuchter Dreck, Staub
- 2Schundliteratur, anstößige Literatur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmutz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach Befahren der Uferstraße war das Auto voll Schmutz.
„Die Pferde waren nicht zu sehen, und man hörte nur, wie sie durch den unsichtbaren Schmutz stampften.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshmutz
- scchmutz
- schhmutz
- schmmutz
- schmtuz
- schmuttz
- schmutzz
- schmuzt
- schumtz
- scmhutz
- shcmutz
- sschmutz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schmutz - 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 "Schmutz", 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).