schools
[skuːls]
The verdict
“schools” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,897
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs school
Corpus desk
Index DE-schools · schools · German
schools · rank #44,897 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,897
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schopf
Nearest frequency peer: Schopf (+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 „schools“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schlummern
schlummern
55,107 corpus weight
- schlürfen
schlürfen
55,106 corpus weight
- schools
schools
55,104 corpus weight
- Schopf
Schopf
55,103 corpus weight
- schrillen
schrillen
55,102 corpus weight
- schroff
schroff
55,101 corpus weight
What this shows „schools“ 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 | schools |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [skuːls] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schools“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around schools (IPA [skuːls]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,897 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plural des Substantivs school".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for schools, with forms such as "cshools", "scchools", and "schhools". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Schoss", "school", "Scholz", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schools, spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs school
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshools
- scchools
- schhools
- scholos
- schols
- schoolls
- schoolss
- schoosl
- scohols
- shcools
- sschools
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schools - 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 "schools", 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).