Schuppe
[ˈʃʊpə]
The verdict
“Schuppe” is an uncommon German word, ranked #99,068 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,068
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - regelmäßig geformte Platte aus Horn oder Ähnlichem als Bestandteil der Haut vieler Tiere
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schuppe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊpə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schuppe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schuppe is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃʊpə]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,068 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Schuppe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schuppe, spelled S-C-H-U-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1regelmäßig geformte Platte aus Horn oder Ähnlichem als Bestandteil der Haut vieler Tiere
- 2kleines abgeschilfertes Hornplättchen der menschlichen Haut
This word in other languages
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 “Schuppe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-U-P-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃʊpə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.