schrill
[ʃʁɪl]
The verdict
“schrill” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,205
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr
Corpus desk
Index DE-schrill · schrill · German
schrill · rank #44,205 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,205
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schoner
Nearest frequency peer: Schoner (-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 „schrill“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schmiert
schmiert
55,799 corpus weight
- schoben
schoben
55,798 corpus weight
- Schoner
Schoner
55,797 corpus weight
- schrill
schrill
55,796 corpus weight
- schulde
schulde
55,795 corpus weight
- Schutzkleid…
Schutzkleidung
55,794 corpus weight
What this shows „schrill“ 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 | schrill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃʁɪl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „schrill“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around schrill (IPA [ʃʁɪl]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,205 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for schrill, with forms such as "cshrill", "scchrill", and "schhrill". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Schritt", "schwillt", "schrille", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schrill, spelled S-C-H-R-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr
- 2in Aussehen oder Verhalten auffallend, exzentrisch, ungewöhnlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schrill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Hochsommer sind die geselligen Vögel im Luftraum über den Städten mit ihren schrillen Rufen sehr auffällig.“
„Vegetabile Formen, Fabelwesen, große Tiere und kleine Menschen bevölkern einen Kosmos in schrillen Leuchtfarben.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshrill
- scchrill
- schhrill
- schirll
- schril
- schrlil
- schrrill
- scrhill
- shcrill
- sschrill
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schrill - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "schrill", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).