Schuld
[ʃʊlt]
The verdict
“Schuld” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #999. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #999
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbindlichkeit, Pflicht, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuld · Schuld · German
Schuld · rank #999 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #999
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Natur
Nearest frequency peer: Natur (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schuld”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Linie
Linie
99,005 corpus weight
- Natur
Natur
99,003 corpus weight
- Schuld
Schuld
99,002 corpus weight
- Top
Top
99,001 corpus weight
- Wahrheit
Wahrheit
99,000 corpus weight
- Worte
Worte
98,999 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schuld” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Schuld |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃʊlt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schuld” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Schuld (IPA [ʃʊlt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #999 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schuld, with forms such as "cshuld", "scchuld", and "schhuld". 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, "Schule", "Schutz", "Schulz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schuld, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D.
Definition
- 1Verbindlichkeit, Pflicht, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen
- 2neben Tatbestandsmäßigkeit und Rechtswidrigkeit eine Strafbarkeitsvoraussetzung
- 3meist Plural: Verpflichtung zu einer Leistung an einen Dritten, in Geld oder sonstigen Werten
- 4moralisches Fehlverhalten oder die Last infolge des Fehlverhaltens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schuld appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Welche Art von Schuld entsteht, entscheiden die Parteien, doch wird bei vertretbaren Sachen in der Regel eine Gattungsschuld, bei unvertretbaren Sachen dagegen eine Stückschuld vereinbart.
Mit der Rückgabe des Wagens war die Schuld erloschen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshuld
- scchuld
- schhuld
- schlud
- schudl
- schuldd
- schulld
- scuhld
- shculd
- sschuld
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schuld - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schuld", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Schuld". Here's where to go from here.
- "Schuld" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Schule". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #999 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.