scrollen

/[ˈskʁɔlən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,052

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

scrollen is aGermanverb. It means: den Bildausschnitt auf dem Bildschirm verschieben Pronounced [ˈskʁɔlən]. Often confused with sollen and Stollen.

Key facts for scrollen
PropertyValue
Headwordscrollen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈskʁɔlən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,052
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for scrollen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈskʁɔlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,052 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den Bildausschnitt auf dem Bildschirm verschieben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for scrollen, with forms such as "csrollen", "sccrollen", and "scorllen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sollen", "Stollen", "Scholle", 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 scrollen, spelled S-C-R-O-L-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Bildausschnitt auf dem Bildschirm verschieben

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: csrollen,sccrollen,scorllen,scrlolen,scroleln,scrolen,scrollenn,scrollne,scrrollen,srcollen,sscrollen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for scrollen

Misspelling Variants of "scrollen"

csrollen8sccrollen9scorllen8scrlolen8scroleln8scrolen7scrollenn9scrollne8
Misspelling Variants of "scrollen"

Frequency rank: #27,052 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scrollen"?
"scrollen" is spelled S-C-R-O-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈskʁɔlən].
What does "scrollen" mean?
As a verb, "scrollen" means: den Bildausschnitt auf dem Bildschirm verschieben
What words are commonly confused with "scrollen"?
"scrollen" is commonly confused with "sollen", "Stollen", "Scholle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "scrollen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scrollen" is [ˈskʁɔlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scrollen" come from?
"scrollen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.