Schützling
[ˈʃʏt͡slɪŋ]
The verdict
“Schützling” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,357
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich in jemandes Obhut befindet oder von jemandem betreut wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzling · Schützling · German
Schützling · rank #34,357 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #34,357
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwiegerelte…
Nearest frequency peer: Schwiegereltern (-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 „Schützling“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schweinchen
Schweinchen
65,647 corpus weight
- schwelgen
schwelgen
65,646 corpus weight
- Schwiegerel…
Schwiegereltern
65,645 corpus weight
- Schützling
Schützling
65,644 corpus weight
- Seenot
Seenot
65,643 corpus weight
- Sektors
Sektors
65,641 corpus weight
What this shows „Schützling“ 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 | Schützling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏt͡slɪŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schützling“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Schützling (IPA [ˈʃʏt͡slɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,357 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der sich in jemandes Obhut befindet oder von jemandem betreut wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schützling, with forms such as "cshützling", "scchützling", and "schhützling". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Schützlinge", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schützling, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich in jemandes Obhut befindet oder von jemandem betreut wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schützling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Heimerzieher musste seinen Posten räumen, als herauskam, dass er einen seiner Schützlinge geschlagen hat.
Die Tierfreundin pflegt verletzte Wildtiere gesund und kümmert sich dabei sehr liebevoll um ihre Schützlinge.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshützling
- scchützling
- schhützling
- schtüzling
- schütlzing
- schüttzling
- schützilng
- schützlign
- schützlingg
- schützlinng
- schützlling
- schützlnig
- schützzling
- schüztling
- scühtzling
- shcützling
- sschützling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schützling - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schützling", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).