Sketch

/[skɛt͡ʃ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,411

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Sketch is aGermannoun. It means: kurze, effektvolle Bühnenszene mit meist witziger Pointierung Pronounced [skɛt͡ʃ]. Often confused with Switch and speech.

Key facts for Sketch
PropertyValue
HeadwordSketch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[skɛt͡ʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,411
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sketch is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [skɛt͡ʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,411 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kurze, effektvolle Bühnenszene mit meist witziger Pointierung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sketch, with forms such as "ksetch", "sektch", and "skecth". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Switch", "speech", "Seth", 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 Sketch, spelled S-K-E-T-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kurze, effektvolle Bühnenszene mit meist witziger Pointierung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ksetch,sektch,skecth,sketcch,sketchh,skethc,skettch,skketch,sktech,ssketch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sketch

Misspelling Variants of "Sketch"

ksetch6sektch6skecth6sketcch7sketchh7skethc6skettch7skketch7
Misspelling Variants of "Sketch"

Frequency rank: #20,411 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sketch"?
"Sketch" is spelled S-K-E-T-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [skɛt͡ʃ].
What does "Sketch" mean?
As a noun, "Sketch" means: kurze, effektvolle Bühnenszene mit meist witziger Pointierung
What words are commonly confused with "Sketch"?
"Sketch" is commonly confused with "Switch", "speech", "Seth". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sketch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sketch" is [skɛt͡ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sketch" come from?
"Sketch" 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.