schrill

/[ʃʁɪl]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,205

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

schrill is anGermanadj. It means: optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr Pronounced [ʃʁɪl]. Often confused with Schritt and schwillt.

Key facts for schrill
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Headwordschrill
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʃʁɪl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,205
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of schrill in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schrill is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʁɪl]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,205 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for schrill, with forms such as "cshrill", "scchrill", and "schhrill". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schrill, spelled S-C-H-R-I-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr
  2. 2
    in Aussehen oder Verhalten auffallend, exzentrisch, ungewöhnlich

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshrill,scchrill,schhrill,schirll,schril,schrlil,schrrill,scrhill,shcrill,sschrill

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for schrill

Misspelling Variants of "schrill"

cshrill7scchrill8schhrill8schirll7schril6schrlil7schrrill8scrhill7
Misspelling Variants of "schrill"

Frequency rank: #44,205 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schrill"?
"schrill" is spelled S-C-H-R-I-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʁɪl].
What does "schrill" mean?
As an adj, "schrill" means: optisch oder akustisch hell, grell, durchdringend; unangenehm für Auge oder Ohr
What words are commonly confused with "schrill"?
"schrill" is commonly confused with "Schritt", "schwillt", "schrille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schrill"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schrill" is [ʃʁɪl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schrill" come from?
"schrill" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.