Skandale
[skanˈdaːlə]
The verdict
“Skandale” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,770
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Skandal
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 | Skandale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [skanˈdaːlə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Skandale” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Skandale (IPA [skanˈdaːlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,770 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Skandale, with forms such as "ksandale", "sakndale", and "skadnale". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Skandals", "skandalös", "Skandalen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Skandale, spelled S-K-A-N-D-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Skandal
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Skandal
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Skandal
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksandale
- sakndale
- skadnale
- skanadle
- skandael
- skandalle
- skanddale
- skandlae
- skanndale
- skkandale
- sknadale
- sskandale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Skandale - 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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Using “Skandale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-K-A-N-D-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [skanˈdaːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Skandals” - see the side-by-side comparison. Skandale vs Skandals
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.