Schnecken
[ˈʃnɛkn̩]
The verdict
“Schnecken” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #16,276 in German word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #16,276
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - drückt Enttäuschung darüber aus, dass die zuvor geäußerte Erwartung, der zuvor geäußerte Wunsch oder dergleichen nicht eingetreten ist, sondern genau das Gegenteil
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 | Schnecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈʃnɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schnecken” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schnecken is 9 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃnɛkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,276 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drückt Enttäuschung darüber aus, dass die zuvor geäußerte Erwartung, der zuvor geäußerte Wunsch oder dergleichen nicht eingetreten ist, sondern genau das Gegenteil".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schnecken, with forms such as "cshnecken", "scchnecken", and "schencken". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "schneien", "schocken", "schneiden", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schnecken, spelled S-C-H-N-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1drückt Enttäuschung darüber aus, dass die zuvor geäußerte Erwartung, der zuvor geäußerte Wunsch oder dergleichen nicht eingetreten ist, sondern genau das Gegenteil
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshnecken,scchnecken,schencken,schhnecken,schnceken,schneccken,schnecekn,schneckenn,schneckken,schneckne,schnekcen,schnnecken,scnhecken,shcnecken,sschnecken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schnecken - 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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Using “Schnecken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-E-C-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃnɛkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “schneien” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schnecken vs schneien
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.