Schritt

/[ʃʁɪt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#977

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schritt is aGermannoun. It means: Aufsetzen eines Fußes; das Schreiten Pronounced [ʃʁɪt]. It ranks #977 in German word frequency. Often confused with script and stritt.

Key facts for Schritt
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchritt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃʁɪt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#977
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schritt is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʁɪt]. Corpus data places it at rank #977 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 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 Schritt, with forms such as "cshritt", "scchritt", and "schhritt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "script", "stritt", "schütt", 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 Schritt, spelled S-C-H-R-I-T-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aufsetzen eines Fußes; das Schreiten
  2. 2
    Längenmaß, das sich aus dem Abstand der Füße beim Gehen ergibt
  3. 3
    Beschreibung der Geschwindigkeit von Fußgängern
  4. 4
    Maß für die Marschgeschwindigkeit
  5. 5
    Einteilung innerhalb einer komplexen Vorgehensweise
  6. 6
    Bereich zwischen den Beinen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshritt,scchritt,schhritt,schirtt,schrit,schrritt,schrtit,scrhitt,shcritt,sschritt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schritt

Misspelling Variants of "Schritt"

cshritt7scchritt8schhritt8schirtt7schrit6schrritt8schrtit7scrhitt7
Misspelling Variants of "Schritt"

Frequency rank: #977 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schritt"?
"Schritt" is spelled S-C-H-R-I-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʁɪt].
What does "Schritt" mean?
As a noun, "Schritt" means: Aufsetzen eines Fußes; das Schreiten
What words are commonly confused with "Schritt"?
"Schritt" is commonly confused with "script", "stritt", "schütt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schritt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schritt" is [ʃʁɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schritt" come from?
"Schritt" 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.