screen

[skʁiːn]

/[skʁiːn]/ verb

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The verdict

“screen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,667
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs screenen

Corpus desk

Index DE-screen · screen · German

screen · rank #14,667 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,667
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlepper

Nearest frequency peer: Schlepper (-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 „screen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „screen“ 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).

screen vs Seen
50% similar
screen vs Spree
50% similar
screen vs sorgen
67% similar

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

Key facts for screen
PropertyValue
Headwordscreen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[skʁiːn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,667
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „screen“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schlepper“ (#14,666), „Sees“ (#14,668), „Schaff“ (#14,665). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „screen“ bei #14,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around screen (IPA [skʁiːn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for screen, with forms such as "csreen", "sccreen", and "sceren". 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, "Seen", "Spree", "sorgen", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is screen, spelled S-C-R-E-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs screenen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs screenen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csreen
  • sccreen
  • sceren
  • screenn
  • scren
  • screne
  • scrreen
  • srceen
  • sscreen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of screen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

csreen2sccreen1sceren2screenn1scren1screne2scrreen1srceen2
Edit distance from "screen"

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 "screen"?
"screen" is spelled S-C-R-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [skʁiːn].
What does "screen" mean?
As a verb, "screen" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs screenen
What words are commonly confused with "screen"?
"screen" is commonly confused with "Seen", "Spree", "sorgen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "screen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "screen" is [skʁiːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "screen" come from?
"screen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "screen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schaff#14,665Sitten#14,670Slalom#14,672sounds#14,674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Rachel9 variantsstates9 variantsParodie9 variantstheory9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list