script

/[skrɪpt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,737

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

script is aGermannoun. It means: schriftliche Form einer Rede oder der Wörter in einem Schauspiel oder Film Pronounced [skrɪpt]. Often confused with Sprit and strip.

Key facts for script
PropertyValue
Headwordscript
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[skrɪpt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,737
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of script in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for script is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [skrɪpt]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,737 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for script, with forms such as "csript", "sccript", and "scirpt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Sprit", "strip", "Sprint", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is script, spelled S-C-R-I-P-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schriftliche Form einer Rede oder der Wörter in einem Schauspiel oder Film
  2. 2
    Schreibweise von Hand oder Imitation dergleichen
  3. 3
    Satz von Zeichen zum Schreiben einer Sprache
  4. 4
    Serie ausführbarer Instruktionen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: csript,sccript,scirpt,scrippt,scriptt,scritp,scrpit,scrript,srcipt,sscript

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for script

Misspelling Variants of "script"

csript6sccript7scirpt6scrippt7scriptt7scritp6scrpit6scrript7
Misspelling Variants of "script"

Frequency rank: #20,737 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "script"?
"script" is spelled S-C-R-I-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is [skrɪpt].
What does "script" mean?
As a noun, "script" means: schriftliche Form einer Rede oder der Wörter in einem Schauspiel oder Film
What words are commonly confused with "script"?
"script" is commonly confused with "Sprit", "strip", "Sprint". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "script"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "script" is [skrɪpt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "script" come from?
"script" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter S in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.