schocken

/[ˈʃɔkn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,571

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

schocken is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden erschrecken Pronounced [ˈʃɔkn̩]. Often confused with socken and Schonen.

Key facts for schocken
PropertyValue
Headwordschocken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃɔkn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,571
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schocken is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃɔkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,571 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemanden erschrecken".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for schocken, with forms such as "cshocken", "scchocken", and "schcoken". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "socken", "Schonen", "stocken", 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 schocken, spelled S-C-H-O-C-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden erschrecken

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshocken,scchocken,schcoken,schhocken,schoccken,schocekn,schockenn,schockken,schockne,schokcen,scohcken,shcocken,sschocken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schocken

Misspelling Variants of "schocken"

cshocken8scchocken9schcoken8schhocken9schoccken9schocekn8schockenn9schockken9
Misspelling Variants of "schocken"

Frequency rank: #45,571 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schocken"?
"schocken" is spelled S-C-H-O-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔkn̩].
What does "schocken" mean?
As a verb, "schocken" means: jemanden erschrecken
What words are commonly confused with "schocken"?
"schocken" is commonly confused with "socken", "Schonen", "stocken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schocken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schocken" is [ˈʃɔkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schocken" come from?
"schocken" 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.