Schumann
[ˈʃuːman]
The verdict
“Schumann” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,964
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-schumann · Schumann · German
Schumann · rank #11,964 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,964
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schrieben
Nearest frequency peer: schrieben (-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 „Schumann“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schal
Schal
88,040 corpus weight
- schreckliche
schreckliche
88,039 corpus weight
- schrieben
schrieben
88,038 corpus weight
- Schumann
Schumann
88,037 corpus weight
- season
season
88,036 corpus weight
- self
self
88,035 corpus weight
What this shows „Schumann“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Schumann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃuːman] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schumann“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Schumann (IPA [ˈʃuːman]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,964 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schumann, with forms such as "cshumann", "scchumann", and "schhumann". 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, "Schamanen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schumann, spelled S-C-H-U-M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1deutscher Familienname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schumann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der französische Außenminister Maurice Schumann besucht die Bundesregierung in Bonn und am folgenden Tag die britische Regierung in London zur Vorbereitung der geplanten EG-Gipfelkonferenz.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshumann
- scchumann
- schhumann
- schmuann
- schuamnn
- schuman
- schummann
- schumnan
- scuhmann
- shcumann
- sschumann
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schumann - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schumann", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).