Schreiberin
[ˈʃʁaɪ̯bəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Schreiberin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die etwas schreibt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schreiberin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schreiberin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schreiberin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die etwas schreibt".
Schreiberin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schreiberin, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die etwas schreibt
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Schreiberin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃʁaɪ̯bəʁɪn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.