Schrift
[ʃʁɪft]
The verdict
“Schrift” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,845 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,845
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - System von Zeichen (zum Beispiel Buchstaben oder Symbolen) zum Festhalten von Sprache
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 | Schrift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃʁɪft] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schrift” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schrift is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʁɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,845 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schrift, with forms such as "cshrift", "scchrift", and "schhrift". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "script", "Schritt", "Schrott", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schrift, spelled S-C-H-R-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1System von Zeichen (zum Beispiel Buchstaben oder Symbolen) zum Festhalten von Sprache
- 2eine bestimmte Art zu schreiben
- 3beim Druck oder im Computer eingesetzte Schrift bestimmten Aussehens
- 4ein meist bekanntes Buch oder im Plural, die Gesamtheit der Schriften eines bestimmten Autors
- 5kurz für die heilige Schrift (religiöses Buch)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshrift,scchrift,schhrift,schirft,schrfit,schrifft,schriftt,schritf,schrrift,scrhift,shcrift,sschrift
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schrift - 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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Using “Schrift”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-I-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃʁɪft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “script” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schrift vs script
- 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.