schönste

[ˈʃøːnstə]

/[ˈʃøːnstə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schönste” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,932. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,932
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schön

Corpus desk

Index DE-schonste · schönste · German

schönste · rank #4,932 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,932
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schnellen

Nearest frequency peer: schnellen (-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 „schönste“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „schönste“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

schönste vs schont
63% similar
schönste vs Schotte
50% similar
schönste vs schönsten
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for schönste
PropertyValue
Headwordschönste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃøːnstə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,932
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schönste“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schönsteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „schnellen“ (#4,931), „Schlafzimmer“ (#4,930), „sollst“ (#4,934). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schönste“ bei #4,932. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around schönste (IPA [ˈʃøːnstə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,932 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schönste, with forms such as "cshönste", "scchönste", and "schhönste". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "schont", "Schotte", "schönsten", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schönste, spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Superlativ der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs schön
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs schön

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshönste
  • scchönste
  • schhönste
  • schnöste
  • schönnste
  • schönset
  • schönsste
  • schönstte
  • schöntse
  • schösnte
  • scöhnste
  • shcönste
  • sschönste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schönste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cshönste2scchönste1schhönste1schnöste2schönnste1schönset2schönsste1schönstte1
Edit distance from "schönste"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schönste"?
"schönste" is spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃøːnstə].
What does "schönste" mean?
As an adjective, "schönste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Superlativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs schön
What words are commonly confused with "schönste"?
"schönste" is commonly confused with "schont", "Schotte", "schönsten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schönste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schönste" is [ˈʃøːnstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schönste" come from?
"schönste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schönste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soziales#4,935Spanisch#4,936Symptome#4,939Verluste#4,946

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

schnellen13 variantsRücktritt13 variantsniedriger13 variantsAlbrecht13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list