Schublade

/[ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,940

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Schublade is aGermannoun. It means: oben offenes Behältnis, das in ein Möbelstück eingebaut ist und herausgezogen werden kann Pronounced [ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə]. It ranks #8,940 in German word frequency. Often confused with schulde and Schubladen.

Key facts for Schublade
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchublade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,940
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schublade is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,940 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schublade, with forms such as "cshublade", "scchublade", and "schbulade". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "schulde", "Schubladen", 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 Schublade, spelled S-C-H-U-B-L-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    oben offenes Behältnis, das in ein Möbelstück eingebaut ist und herausgezogen werden kann
  2. 2
    Kategorie, in die jemand oder etwas durch andere einsortiert wird, häufig vorschnell, fälschlicherweise oder aufgrund von Vorurteilen

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshublade,scchublade,schbulade,schhublade,schubalde,schubblade,schubladde,schublaed,schubldae,schubllade,schulbade,scuhblade,shcublade,sschublade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schublade

Misspelling Variants of "Schublade"

cshublade9scchublade10schbulade9schhublade10schubalde9schubblade10schubladde10schublaed9
Misspelling Variants of "Schublade"

Frequency rank: #8,940 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schublade"?
"Schublade" is spelled S-C-H-U-B-L-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə].
What does "Schublade" mean?
As a noun, "Schublade" means: oben offenes Behältnis, das in ein Möbelstück eingebaut ist und herausgezogen werden kann
What words are commonly confused with "Schublade"?
"Schublade" is commonly confused with "schulde", "Schubladen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schublade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schublade" is [ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schublade" come from?
"Schublade" 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.