Schuld

/[ʃʊlt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#999

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schuld is aGermannoun. It means: Verbindlichkeit, Pflicht, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen Pronounced [ʃʊlt]. It ranks #999 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schule and Schutz.

Key facts for Schuld
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchuld
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃʊlt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#999
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schuld is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃʊlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #999 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schuld, with forms such as "cshuld", "scchuld", and "schhuld". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schule", "Schutz", "Schulz", 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 Schuld, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verbindlichkeit, Pflicht, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen
  2. 2
    neben Tatbestandsmäßigkeit und Rechtswidrigkeit eine Strafbarkeitsvoraussetzung
  3. 3
    meist Plural: Verpflichtung zu einer Leistung an einen Dritten, in Geld oder sonstigen Werten
  4. 4
    moralisches Fehlverhalten oder die Last infolge des Fehlverhaltens

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshuld,scchuld,schhuld,schlud,schudl,schuldd,schulld,scuhld,shculd,sschuld

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schuld

Misspelling Variants of "Schuld"

cshuld6scchuld7schhuld7schlud6schudl6schuldd7schulld7scuhld6
Misspelling Variants of "Schuld"

Frequency rank: #999 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schuld"?
"Schuld" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʊlt].
What does "Schuld" mean?
As a noun, "Schuld" means: Verbindlichkeit, Pflicht, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen
What words are commonly confused with "Schuld"?
"Schuld" is commonly confused with "Schule", "Schutz", "Schulz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schuld"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schuld" is [ʃʊlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schuld" come from?
"Schuld" 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.