Schulden
[ˈʃʊldn̩]
The verdict
“Schulden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,150 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,150
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die gesamten Verpflichtungen (Passiva) einer Person oder einer Firma, die dem vorhandenen Vermögen (Aktiva) gegenüber stehen
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 | Schulden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊldn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schulden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schulden is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʊldn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,150 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die gesamten Verpflichtungen (Passiva) einer Person oder einer Firma, die dem vorhandenen Vermögen (Aktiva) gegenüber stehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schulden, with forms such as "cshulden", "scchulden", and "schhulden". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Schule", "Schüler", "Schulen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schulden, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1die gesamten Verpflichtungen (Passiva) einer Person oder einer Firma, die dem vorhandenen Vermögen (Aktiva) gegenüber stehen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshulden,scchulden,schhulden,schluden,schudlen,schuldden,schuldenn,schuldne,schuledn,schullden,scuhlden,shculden,sschulden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schulden - 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.
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.
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Using “Schulden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-U-L-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃʊldn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schule” - see the side-by-side comparison. Schulden vs Schule
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.