Which to use
“schilling” and “shilling” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,215
- “schilling” frequency rank
- #23,393
- “shilling” frequency rank
- 60608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | schilling | shilling |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen. | A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling. |
Same sound, different letters: schilling vs shilling
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - schilling and shilling
This is the hard kind. schilling and shilling are pronounced identically (/ˈʃɪlɪŋ/) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
schilling is recorded at frequency rank #37,215, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/. shilling is at rank #23,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60608, this pair ranks #99,225 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of schilling vs shilling
Shared letters: ghilns. Private to "schilling": c. Private to "shilling": -.
"schilling" · 9 letters · shape CCCVCCVCC · "shilling" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "schilling" and "shilling" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "schilling" or "shilling" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "schilling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shilling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,225 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "schilling" and "shilling" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "schilling vs shillings". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #99,225 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.