Schütze

[ˈʃʏt͡sə]

/[ˈʃʏt͡sə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schütze” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,629
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, dessen Tätigkeit das Schießen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-schutze · Schütze · German

Schütze · rank #9,629 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,629
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schätzt

Nearest frequency peer: schätzt (-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 „Schütze“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Schütze“ 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).

Schütze vs Stütze
71% similar
Schütze vs schützt
71% similar
Schütze vs schützen
75% similar

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

Key facts for Schütze
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchütze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʏt͡sə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,629
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schütze“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schützeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „schätzt“ (#9,628), „sendet“ (#9,630), „Schwerin“ (#9,627). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schütze“ bei #9,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Schütze (IPA [ˈʃʏt͡sə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,629 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schütze, with forms such as "cshütze", "scchütze", and "schhütze". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stütze", "schützt", "schützen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schütze, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, dessen Tätigkeit das Schießen ist
  2. 2
    Person, die einen Schuss aus einer Waffe abgegeben hat
  3. 3
    Dienstgrad für einen Soldaten im Heer
  4. 4
    Soldat im Range eines Schützen
  5. 5
    ein Sternbild am südlichen Sternenhimmel
  6. 6
    eines der zwölf Tierkreiszeichen (der umgangssprachlich so genannten Sternzeichen)
  7. 7
    ein im Zeichen Schütze [5] Geborener
  8. 8
    ein Weberschiffchen bei einem Webstuhl
  9. 9
    Läufer
  10. 10
    Sportler, der ein Spielgerät (Ball, Puck) in Richtung einer Trefferzone (Tor, Korb oder Ähnliches) geschossen/geworfen/geschlagen hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Schütze spannt den Bogen mit viel Kraft.
  2. Der Jäger oder der Förster ist auch ein Schütze mit Gewehr.

Antonyms

WidderStierZwillingeLöweJungfrauWaageSkorpionKrebsSteinbockWassermannFische

This word in other languages

shooter(English)tirador(Español)tireur(Français)atirador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshütze
  • scchütze
  • schhütze
  • schtüze
  • schütez
  • schüttze
  • schützze
  • schüzte
  • scühtze
  • shcütze
  • sschütze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cshütze2scchütze1schhütze1schtüze2schütez2schüttze1schützze1schüzte2
Edit distance from "Schütze"

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 "Schütze"?
"Schütze" is spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʏt͡sə].
What does "Schütze" mean?
As a noun, "Schütze" means: jemand, dessen Tätigkeit das Schießen ist
What words are commonly confused with "Schütze"?
"Schütze" is commonly confused with "Stütze", "schützt", "schützen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schütze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schütze" is [ˈʃʏt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schütze" come from?
"Schütze" 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 "Schütze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schätzt#9,628schlank#9,626scheine#9,625Spezies#9,634

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Satzung11 variantsPredigt11 variantsVorwort11 variantsantworte11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list