schuftet

[ˈʃʊftət]

/[ˈʃʊftət]/ verb

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The verdict

“schuftet” is uncommon German (frequency #84,538 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,538
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schuften

Corpus desk

Index DE-schuftet · schuftet · German

schuftet · rank #84,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,538
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schräges

Nearest frequency peer: schräges (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schuftet“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schuftet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schuftet
PropertyValue
Headwordschuftet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃʊftət]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schuftet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schuftetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schräges“ (#84,537), „Schuldfähigkeit“ (#84,539), „Schriesheim“ (#84,536). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schuftet“ bei #84,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schuftet is uncommon German at frequency #84,538 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃʊftət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

schuftet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schuftet, spelled S-C-H-U-F-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schuften
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schuften
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schuften
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schuften

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schuftet"?
"schuftet" is spelled S-C-H-U-F-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊftət].
What does "schuftet" mean?
As a verb, "schuftet" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schuften
How do you pronounce "schuftet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schuftet" is [ˈʃʊftət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schuftet" come from?
"schuftet" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schuftet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schräges#84,537Schwyzer#84,552Schöller#84,554Schilden#84,521

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list