schreckte
[ˈʃʁɛktə]
The verdict
“schreckte” is uncommon German (frequency #60,999 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,999
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schrecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-schreckte · schreckte · German
schreckte · rank #60,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,999
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schneidezähne
Nearest frequency peer: Schneidezähne (-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 “schreckte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schneidest
schneidest
39,004 corpus weight
- Schneidezäh…
Schneidezähne
39,003 corpus weight
- schreckte
schreckte
39,002 corpus weight
- Schreibmasc…
Schreibmaschinen
39,001 corpus weight
- schriftstel…
schriftstellerischen
39,000 corpus weight
- Schrittes
Schrittes
38,999 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schreckte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schreckte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁɛktə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schreckte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schreckte is uncommon German at frequency #60,999 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃʁɛktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schreckte, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 schreckte, spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schrecken
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schrecken
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schrecken
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schrecken
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schreckte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.