Schuh

[ʃuː]

/[ʃuː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schuh” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,350
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - äußere Fußbekleidung

Corpus desk

Index DE-schuh · Schuh · German

Schuh · rank #6,350 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,350
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schein

Nearest frequency peer: Schein (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Schuh“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Schuh“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Schuh vs shut
40% similar
Schuh vs schul
60% similar
Schuh vs Scout
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Schuh
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchuh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃuː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,350
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schuh“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schuhliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schein“ (#6,349), „schultern“ (#6,351), „satt“ (#6,348). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schuh“ bei #6,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Schuh (IPA [ʃuː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,350 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "äußere Fußbekleidung".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schuh, with forms such as "cshuh", "scchuh", and "schhu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "shut", "schul", "Scout", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct German form is Schuh, spelled S-C-H-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    äußere Fußbekleidung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zieh dir die Schuhe an!
  2. „Trifft das noch zu im Zeitalter der Weltraumfahrt? Dieses Wort ist eine maßlose Übertreibung, ebenso wie sein Synonym Astronautik. Es gibt eine Reihe von Vergleichen, die das anschaulich machen. Einer mag genügen: Wenn jemand am Alpenrand, etwa bei Grainau unweit Garmisch, in 900 m Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel steht und zum Gipfel der Zugspitze (2000 m üb…

This word in other languages

shoe(English)zapato(Español)chaussure(Français)sapato(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshuh
  • scchuh
  • schhu
  • schhuh
  • schuhh
  • scuhh
  • shcuh
  • sschuh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schuh - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cshuh2scchuh1schhu2schhuh1schuhh1scuhh2shcuh2sschuh1
Edit distance from "Schuh"

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 "Schuh"?
"Schuh" is spelled S-C-H-U-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃuː].
What does "Schuh" mean?
As a noun, "Schuh" means: äußere Fußbekleidung
What words are commonly confused with "Schuh"?
"Schuh" is commonly confused with "shut", "schul", "Scout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schuh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schuh" is [ʃuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schuh" come from?
"Schuh" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

smart#6,354Römer#6,345Rasse#6,342Stirn#6,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Schein8 variantsstetig8 variantsTobias8 variantsAntike8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list