Schreibmaschine

/[ˈʃʁaɪ̯pmaˌʃiːnə]/ noun

Letters

15 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,277

in German word usage

Misspellings

24

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Schreibmaschine is aGermannoun. It means: mechanisches Gerät zum Verfassen von Texten auf Papier mittels Druckerschwärze Pronounced [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pmaˌʃiːnə].

Key facts for Schreibmaschine
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchreibmaschine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʁaɪ̯pmaˌʃiːnə]
Letters15
Frequency rank#30,277
Misspellings tracked24
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schreibmaschine is 15 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pmaˌʃiːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,277 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mechanisches Gerät zum Verfassen von Texten auf Papier mittels Druckerschwärze".

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schreibmaschine, with forms such as "cshreibmaschine", "scchreibmaschine", and "scheribmaschine". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Schreibmaschine, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mechanisches Gerät zum Verfassen von Texten auf Papier mittels Druckerschwärze

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshreibmaschine,scchreibmaschine,scheribmaschine,schhreibmaschine,schrebimaschine,schreibamschine,schreibbmaschine,schreibmacshine,schreibmascchine,schreibmaschhine,schreibmaschien,schreibmaschinne,schreibmaschnie,schreibmascihne,schreibmashcine,schreibmasschine,schreibmmaschine,schreibmsachine,schreimbaschine,schriebmaschine,schrreibmaschine,scrheibmaschine,shcreibmaschine,sschreibmaschine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schreibmaschine

Misspelling Variants of "Schreibmaschine"

cshreibmaschine15scchreibmaschine16scheribmaschine15schhreibmaschine16schrebimaschine15schreibamschine15schreibbmaschine16schreibmacshine15
Misspelling Variants of "Schreibmaschine"

Frequency rank: #30,277 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schreibmaschine"?
"Schreibmaschine" is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pmaˌʃiːnə].
What does "Schreibmaschine" mean?
As a noun, "Schreibmaschine" means: mechanisches Gerät zum Verfassen von Texten auf Papier mittels Druckerschwärze
What are common misspellings of "Schreibmaschine"?
Common misspellings include "cshreibmaschine", "scchreibmaschine", "scheribmaschine", "schhreibmaschine", "schrebimaschine". The correct spelling is "Schreibmaschine".
How do you pronounce "Schreibmaschine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schreibmaschine" is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯pmaˌʃiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schreibmaschine" come from?
"Schreibmaschine" 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.