Schriftsteller
[ˈʃʁɪftˌʃtɛlɐ]
The verdict
“Schriftsteller” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,618 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,618
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die im Verfassen eigener literarischer Texte ihren beruflichen Schwerpunkt setzt
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 | Schriftsteller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁɪftˌʃtɛlɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #3,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schriftsteller” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schriftsteller is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʁɪftˌʃtɛlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,618 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die im Verfassen eigener literarischer Texte ihren beruflichen Schwerpunkt setzt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schriftsteller, with forms such as "cshriftsteller", "scchriftsteller", and "schhriftsteller". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Schriftstellers", "Schriftstellern", "Schriftstellerin", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schriftsteller, spelled S-C-H-R-I-F-T-S-T-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die im Verfassen eigener literarischer Texte ihren beruflichen Schwerpunkt setzt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshriftsteller,scchriftsteller,schhriftsteller,schirftsteller,schrfitsteller,schrifftsteller,schrifstteller,schriftsetller,schriftssteller,schriftstelelr,schriftsteler,schriftstellerr,schriftstellre,schriftstleler,schriftstteller,schrifttseller,schrifttsteller,schritfsteller,schrriftsteller,scrhiftsteller,shcriftsteller,sschriftsteller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schriftsteller - 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 “Schriftsteller”
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-S-T-E-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃʁɪftˌʃtɛlɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schriftstellers” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schriftsteller vs Schriftstellers
- 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.