Schulmeister

[ˈʃuːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]

/[ˈʃuːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schulmeister” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,901
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die als Lehrer arbeitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-schulmeister · Schulmeister · German

Schulmeister · rank #44,901 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,901
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schroff

Nearest frequency peer: schroff (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Schulmeister“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Schulmeister“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Schulmeister vs Schulleiter
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Schulmeister
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchulmeister
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃuːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#44,901
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schulmeister“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schulmeisterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „schroff“ (#44,900), „Schwabach“ (#44,902), „schrillen“ (#44,899). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schulmeister“ bei #44,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around Schulmeister (IPA [ˈʃuːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,901 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die als Lehrer arbeitet".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schulmeister, with forms such as "cshulmeister", "scchulmeister", and "schhulmeister". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Schulleiter", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schulmeister, spelled S-C-H-U-L-M-E-I-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die als Lehrer arbeitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schulmeister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Man merkt sofort, dass man einen langjährigen Schulmeister vor ich hat - und einen Pionier der grünen Kunst.“
  2. „Im Dorfe hat man so recht keine Ahnung, was der Schulmeister in der Gelehrtenwelt bedeutet.“

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshulmeister
  • scchulmeister
  • schhulmeister
  • schlumeister
  • schulemister
  • schullmeister
  • schulmeisetr
  • schulmeisster
  • schulmeisterr
  • schulmeistre
  • schulmeistter
  • schulmeitser
  • schulmesiter
  • schulmiester
  • schulmmeister
  • schumleister
  • scuhlmeister
  • shculmeister
  • sschulmeister

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schulmeister - 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.

cshulmeister2scchulmeister1schhulmeister1schlumeister2schulemister2schullmeister1schulmeisetr2schulmeisster1
Edit distance from "Schulmeister"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schulmeister"?
"Schulmeister" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-M-E-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃuːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ].
What does "Schulmeister" mean?
As a noun, "Schulmeister" means: Person, die als Lehrer arbeitet
What words are commonly confused with "Schulmeister"?
"Schulmeister" is commonly confused with "Schulleiter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schulmeister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schulmeister" is [ˈʃuːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schulmeister" come from?
"Schulmeister" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schulmeister", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Seligenstadt#44,911rückwärtigen#44,882symbolischer#44,957Partnerstadt#44,841

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

Schandfleck19 variantsrestaurierten19 variantsrehabilitiert19 variantsRegulierungen19 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list