schüchtern
The verdict
“schüchtern” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,363 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,363
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: anderen gegenüber gehemmt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schüchtern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏçtɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schüchtern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schüchtern is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʏçtɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,363 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "anderen gegenüber gehemmt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for schüchtern, with forms such as "cshüchtern", "scchüchtern", and "schcühtern". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "schultern", "schüchterne", "Schichten", 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 schüchtern, spelled S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1anderen gegenüber gehemmt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshüchtern,scchüchtern,schcühtern,schhüchtern,schücchtern,schüchetrn,schüchhtern,schüchtenr,schüchternn,schüchterrn,schüchtren,schüchttern,schücthern,schühctern,scühchtern,shcüchtern,sschüchtern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schüchtern — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "schüchtern"
Frequency rank: #10,363 in German
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Using “schüchtern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃʏçtɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “schultern” — see the side-by-side comparison. schüchtern vs schultern
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index: