schützen
[ˈʃʏt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“schützen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,524
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verteidigen; vor negativen Veränderungen bewahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzen · schützen · German
schützen · rank #1,524 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,524
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH positiv
Nearest frequency peer: positiv (-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 “schützen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mund
Mund
98,480 corpus weight
- Osten
Osten
98,479 corpus weight
- positiv
positiv
98,478 corpus weight
- schützen
schützen
98,477 corpus weight
- tot
tot
98,476 corpus weight
- tritt
tritt
98,475 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schützen” 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 | schützen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “schützen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around schützen (IPA [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,524 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "verteidigen; vor negativen Veränderungen bewahren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for schützen, with forms such as "cshützen", "scchützen", and "schhützen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "schützt", "stützen", "schützte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 schützen, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1verteidigen; vor negativen Veränderungen bewahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schützen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen den Regenwald schützen, sonst wird er gnadenlos abgeholzt.
„Normalerweise schützt die Plazenta den Fötus vor dem Stresshormon Cortisol.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshützen
- scchützen
- schhützen
- schtüzen
- schütezn
- schüttzen
- schützenn
- schützne
- schützzen
- schüzten
- scühtzen
- shcützen
- sschützen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schützen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schützen", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "schützen". Here's where to go from here.
- "schützen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "schützt". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,524 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.