schreiend
[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ənt]
The verdict
“schreiend” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,044 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #27,044
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs schreien
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 | schreiend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ənt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schreiend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schreiend is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ənt]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,044 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs schreien".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for schreiend, with forms such as "cshreiend", "scchreiend", and "scheriend". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Schrein", "schrien", "Schreier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 schreiend, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs schreien
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshreiend,scchreiend,scheriend,schhreiend,schreeind,schreiedn,schreiendd,schreiennd,schreined,schrieend,schrreiend,scrheiend,shcreiend,sschreiend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schreiend - 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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Using “schreiend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-E-I-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ənt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schrein” - see the side-by-side comparison. schreiend vs Schrein
- 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.