shoe
[ʃuː]
The verdict
“shoe” is uncommon German (frequency #82,135 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,135
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bekleidung des menschlichen Fußes; Schuh
Corpus desk
Index DE-shoe · shoe · German
shoe · rank #82,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,135
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH shields
Nearest frequency peer: shields (-2 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „shoe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sensors
Sensors
17,870 corpus weight
- separiert
separiert
17,869 corpus weight
- shields
shields
17,868 corpus weight
- shoe
shoe
17,866 corpus weight
- Siebdruck
Siebdruck
17,864 corpus weight
- siebenter
siebenter
17,863 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „shoe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shoe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃuː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „shoe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
shoe is uncommon German at frequency #82,135 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shoe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is shoe, spelled S-H-O-E.
Definition
- 1Bekleidung des menschlichen Fußes; Schuh
- 2in U-Form gebogenes Eisen, das zum Schutz auf die Hufe von Pferden aufgenagelt wird; Hufeisen
- 3etwas, das einem Schuh ähnelt und eine Oberfläche schützt, ein Schutzbeschlag, zum Beispiel eine Bremsbacke
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shoe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Daniel only has got one pair of shoes.
Synonyms
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).