schroff
[ʃʁɔf]
The verdict
“schroff” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #44,900 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #44,900
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Verhalten hart und unfreundlich
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 | schroff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃʁɔf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schroff” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schroff is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʁɔf]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,900 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for schroff, with forms such as "cshroff", "scchroff", and "schhroff". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Schrott", "Schiff", "Schaff", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schroff, spelled S-C-H-R-O-F-F.
Definition
- 1im Verhalten hart und unfreundlich
- 2steil aufsteigend oder abfallend
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshroff,scchroff,schhroff,schorff,schrfof,schrof,schrroff,scrhoff,shcroff,sschroff
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schroff - 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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Using “schroff”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-O-F-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃʁɔf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schrott” - see the side-by-side comparison. schroff vs Schrott
- 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.