schüttelte
[ˈʃʏtl̩tə]
The verdict
“schüttelte” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,918
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schütteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuttelte · schüttelte · German
schüttelte · rank #24,918 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,918
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Scout
Nearest frequency peer: Scout (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schüttelte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schotter
Schotter
75,086 corpus weight
- Schuljahres
Schuljahres
75,085 corpus weight
- schüttelte
schüttelte
75,083 corpus weight
- Scout
Scout
75,082 corpus weight
- seelisch
seelisch
75,081 corpus weight
- Selbstwertg…
Selbstwertgefühl
75,080 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schüttelte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | schüttelte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏtl̩tə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #24,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schüttelte” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around schüttelte (IPA [ˈʃʏtl̩tə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,918 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for schüttelte, with forms such as "cshüttelte", "scchüttelte", and "schhüttelte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "schüttet", "schütteln", "schüttelt", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schüttelte, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-L-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schütteln
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schütteln
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schütteln
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schütteln
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshüttelte
- scchüttelte
- schhüttelte
- schtütelte
- schütelte
- schütetlte
- schüttelet
- schüttellte
- schütteltte
- schüttetle
- schüttlete
- scühttelte
- shcüttelte
- sschüttelte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schüttelte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schüttelte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.