scholar
[ˈskɒlə]
The verdict
“scholar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,973
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gelehrter, Gelehrte
Corpus desk
Index DE-scholar · scholar · German
scholar · rank #46,973 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,973
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schockierende
Nearest frequency peer: schockierende (-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 „scholar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schnappschü…
Schnappschüsse
53,031 corpus weight
- schnüffeln
schnüffeln
53,030 corpus weight
- schockieren…
schockierende
53,029 corpus weight
- scholar
scholar
53,028 corpus weight
- schraubt
schraubt
53,027 corpus weight
- Schreier
Schreier
53,026 corpus weight
What this shows „scholar“ 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 | scholar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈskɒlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „scholar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around scholar (IPA [ˈskɒlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,973 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gelehrter, Gelehrte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for scholar, with forms such as "csholar", "sccholar", and "schholar". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "solar", "Scholz", "scholl", 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 scholar, spelled S-C-H-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Gelehrter, Gelehrte
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- csholar
- sccholar
- schholar
- schloar
- schoalr
- scholarr
- schollar
- scholra
- scohlar
- shcolar
- sscholar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scholar - 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 "scholar", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).