Schule

/[ˈʃuːlə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#397

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Schule is aGermannoun. It means: öffentliche oder private Einrichtung/Anstalt für den Unterricht Pronounced [ˈʃuːlə]. It ranks #397 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sohle and Spule.

Key facts for Schule
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchule
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃuːlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#397
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schule is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃuːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #397 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schule, with forms such as "cshule", "scchule", and "schhule". 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, "Sohle", "Spule", "Schutz", 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 Schule, spelled S-C-H-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    öffentliche oder private Einrichtung/Anstalt für den Unterricht
  2. 2
    kurz für Schulgebäude/Unterrichtsgebäude; Gebäude, in dem der Schulunterricht erteilt wird
  3. 3
    Unterricht
  4. 4
    Ausbildung, bei der fachgebietsspezifische/branchentypische Fähigkeiten geschult werden
  5. 5
    Gesamtheit der Lehrkräfte und Schüler einer Schule^([1])
  6. 6
    Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern oder Künstlern, die sich auf den Begründer einer bestimmten Theorie berufen
  7. 7
    Übungsbuch, Lehrbuch, Anleitungsbuch
  8. 8
    aus Fischen bestehender Schwarm (auch bei Walen und Delfinen)
  9. 9
    Ausbildung, Erziehung, Schulung, Verhalten
  10. 10
    kurz für Baumschule, eine Anbaufläche für Pflanzen, hauptsächlich Bäume und Sträucher

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshule,scchule,schhule,schlue,schuel,schulle,scuhle,shcule,sschule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schule

Misspelling Variants of "Schule"

cshule6scchule7schhule7schlue6schuel6schulle7scuhle6shcule6
Misspelling Variants of "Schule"

Frequency rank: #397 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schule"?
"Schule" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃuːlə].
What does "Schule" mean?
As a noun, "Schule" means: öffentliche oder private Einrichtung/Anstalt für den Unterricht
What words are commonly confused with "Schule"?
"Schule" is commonly confused with "Sohle", "Spule", "Schutz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schule" is [ˈʃuːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schule" come from?
"Schule" 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.