Schüssel
[ˈʃʏsl̩]
The verdict
“Schüssel” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,168
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schale für Lebensmittel
Corpus desk
Index DE-schussel · Schüssel · German
Schüssel · rank #10,168 · 12 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,168
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schuppen
Nearest frequency peer: Schuppen (-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 „Schüssel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- schnellste
schnellste
89,836 corpus weight
- Schumacher
Schumacher
89,835 corpus weight
- Schuppen
Schuppen
89,834 corpus weight
- Schüssel
Schüssel
89,833 corpus weight
- schütteln
schütteln
89,832 corpus weight
- selbständig
selbständig
89,831 corpus weight
What this shows „Schüssel“ 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 | Schüssel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏsl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schüssel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schüssel (IPA [ˈʃʏsl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,168 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schüssel, with forms such as "cshüssel", "scchüssel", and "schhüssel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Schuster", "Schüssen", "Schüsseln", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schüssel, spelled S-C-H-Ü-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Schale für Lebensmittel
- 2Inhalt einer Schale für Lebensmittel
- 3Auto
- 4Satellitenschüssel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schüssel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hol doch mal die Schüssel aus dem Schrank.
„Fereschte stellt eine Schüssel mit Salat auf den Esstisch und streicht mit einer Hand kurz über das schwarz lackierte Holz.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshüssel
- scchüssel
- schhüssel
- schsüsel
- schüsel
- schüsesl
- schüssell
- schüssle
- schüßel
- scühssel
- shcüssel
- sschüssel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schüssel - 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 "Schüssel", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).