Schoten

[ˈʃoːtn̩]

/[ˈʃoːtn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schoten” is uncommon German (frequency #68,649 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,649
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schot

Corpus desk

Index DE-schoten · Schoten · German

Schoten · rank #68,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,649
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schnurrt

Nearest frequency peer: schnurrt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schoten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schoten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schoten
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchoten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃoːtn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,649
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schoten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schotenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schnurrt“ (#68,648), „Schreibers“ (#68,650), „Schnittwunden“ (#68,647). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schoten“ bei #68,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schoten is uncommon German at frequency #68,649 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃoːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Schoten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schoten, spelled S-C-H-O-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schot
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schot
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schot
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schot

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 "Schoten"?
"Schoten" is spelled S-C-H-O-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃoːtn̩].
What does "Schoten" mean?
As a noun, "Schoten" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schot
How do you pronounce "Schoten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schoten" is [ˈʃoːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schoten" come from?
"Schoten" 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 "Schoten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sandige#68,637Seehund#68,665shotgun#68,673spitzte#68,697

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list