Schulden

/[ˈʃʊldn̩]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,150

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schulden is aGermannoun. It means: die gesamten Verpflichtungen (Passiva) einer Person oder einer Firma, die dem vorhandenen Vermögen (Aktiva) gegenüber stehen Pronounced [ˈʃʊldn̩]. It ranks #3,150 in German word frequency. Often confused with Schule and Schüler.

Key facts for Schulden
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchulden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʊldn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,150
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schulden is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schulden, with forms such as "cshulden", "scchulden", and "schhulden". 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", "Schüler", "Schulen", 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 Schulden, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schulden

Misspelling Variants of "Schulden"

cshulden8scchulden9schhulden9schluden8schudlen8schuldden9schuldenn9schuldne8
Misspelling Variants of "Schulden"

Frequency rank: #3,150 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schulden"?
"Schulden" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊldn̩].
What does "Schulden" mean?
As a noun, "Schulden" means: die gesamten Verpflichtungen (Passiva) einer Person oder einer Firma, die dem vorhandenen Vermögen (Aktiva) gegenüber stehen
What words are commonly confused with "Schulden"?
"Schulden" is commonly confused with "Schule", "Schüler", "Schulen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schulden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schulden" is [ˈʃʊldn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schulden" come from?
"Schulden" 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.