schräg

/[ʃʁɛːk]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,939

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

schräg is anGermanadj. It means: von einer (gedachten) geraden, horizontalen oder vertikalen Linie abweichend (und einen spitzen, stumpfen aber niemals rechten Winkel bildend) Pronounced [ʃʁɛːk]. It ranks #8,939 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schrei and schrie.

Key facts for schräg
PropertyValue
Headwordschräg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʃʁɛːk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,939
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schräg is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʁɛːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,939 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for schräg, with forms such as "cshräg", "scchräg", and "schhräg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schrei", "schrie", "Schwan", 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 schräg, spelled S-C-H-R-Ä-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einer (gedachten) geraden, horizontalen oder vertikalen Linie abweichend (und einen spitzen, stumpfen aber niemals rechten Winkel bildend)
  2. 2
    prüfend; missbilligend
  3. 3
    sich von der Norm, vom Üblichen, Erwartbaren unterscheidend (und deshalb nicht unbedingt zu akzeptieren)
  4. 4
    sich an der Grenze des Erlaubten bewegend beziehungsweise diese (ein Stück weit) überschreitend
  5. 5
    mit geringem zeitlichen Abstand von etwas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshräg,scchräg,schhräg,schrgä,schrräg,schrägg,schärg,scrhäg,shcräg,sschräg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schräg

Misspelling Variants of "schräg"

cshräg6scchräg7schhräg7schrgä6schrräg7schrägg7schärg6scrhäg6
Misspelling Variants of "schräg"

Frequency rank: #8,939 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schräg"?
"schräg" is spelled S-C-H-R-Ä-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʁɛːk].
What does "schräg" mean?
As an adj, "schräg" means: von einer (gedachten) geraden, horizontalen oder vertikalen Linie abweichend (und einen spitzen, stumpfen aber niemals rechten Winkel bildend)
What words are commonly confused with "schräg"?
"schräg" is commonly confused with "Schrei", "schrie", "Schwan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schräg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schräg" is [ʃʁɛːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schräg" come from?
"schräg" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.