schreiten
[ˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“schreiten” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,604
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - betonte Ausdrucksweise für gehen; bewusst gehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schreiten · schreiten · German
schreiten · rank #26,604 · 14 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,604
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schneewittchen
Nearest frequency peer: Schneewittchen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „schreiten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schlafenden
Schlafenden
73,400 corpus weight
- Schneewittc…
Schneewittchen
73,398 corpus weight
- schreiten
schreiten
73,397 corpus weight
- Schuhmacher
Schuhmacher
73,396 corpus weight
- Segeberg
Segeberg
73,395 corpus weight
- Segmente
Segmente
73,394 corpus weight
What this shows „schreiten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | schreiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schreiten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around schreiten (IPA [ˈʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,604 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for schreiten, with forms such as "cshreiten", "scchreiten", and "scheriten". 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, "schrien", "streiten", "Schriften", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schreiten, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1betonte Ausdrucksweise für gehen; bewusst gehen
- 2besondere Art des Gangs bei einigen Vögeln
- 3zu etwas schreiten: etwas anfangen/beginnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schreiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Immer wieder sah er Bilder seiner Frau vor seinem inneren Auge, als er durch den langen Korridor schritt.
„Gerne hätte ich mich von Extrembergsteigern der Küstenwache retten lassen, aber dann musste ich mit ansehen, wie ein greises Pärchen an uns vorüber zu Tal schritt, rüstig und flott, mit Kraxelstöcken und völlig schwindelfrei.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshreiten
- scchreiten
- scheriten
- schhreiten
- schreietn
- schreitenn
- schreitne
- schreitten
- schretien
- schrieten
- schrreiten
- scrheiten
- shcreiten
- sschreiten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schreiten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "schreiten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).