Schreck
[ʃʁɛk]
The verdict
“Schreck” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,788
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heftige Emotion, die durch die Wahrnehmung von etwas Unerwartetem oder Bedrohlichem ausgelöst wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schreck · Schreck · German
Schreck · rank #12,788 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,788
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlagzeug
Nearest frequency peer: Schlagzeug (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schreck”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- saugen
saugen
87,216 corpus weight
- say
say
87,215 corpus weight
- Schlagzeug
Schlagzeug
87,214 corpus weight
- Schreck
Schreck
87,213 corpus weight
- Sekretär
Sekretär
87,212 corpus weight
- seriös
seriös
87,211 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schreck” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Schreck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃʁɛk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schreck” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schreck (IPA [ʃʁɛk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,788 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "heftige Emotion, die durch die Wahrnehmung von etwas Unerwartetem oder Bedrohlichem ausgelöst wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schreck, with forms such as "cshreck", "scchreck", and "scherck". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schrei", "schreib", "schreit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schreck, spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1heftige Emotion, die durch die Wahrnehmung von etwas Unerwartetem oder Bedrohlichem ausgelöst wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schreck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem ersten Schreck begann das Personal, die noch geringen Schäden zu beheben.
Ui, hast du mir einen Schreck eingejagt, komm da raus aus dem Schrank!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshreck
- scchreck
- scherck
- schhreck
- schrcek
- schrecck
- schreckk
- schrekc
- schrreck
- scrheck
- shcreck
- sschreck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schreck - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Schreck", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schreck". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schreck" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Schrei". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,788 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.