Schiffer
\ˈʃɪfɐ\
The verdict
“Schiffer” is uncommon French (frequency #76,115 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,115
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Batelier, marinier, personne conduisant un bateau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schiffer · Schiffer · French
Schiffer · rank #76,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,115
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwarzenberg
Nearest frequency peer: Schwarzenberg (+1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Schiffer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scarpe
scarpe
23,889 corpus weight
- scellement
scellement
23,888 corpus weight
- Schiffer
Schiffer
23,886 corpus weight
- Schwarzenbe…
Schwarzenberg
23,885 corpus weight
- SCIC
SCIC
23,884 corpus weight
- scotcher
scotcher
23,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Schiffer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schiffer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃɪfɐ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Schiffer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Schiffer is uncommon French at frequency #76,115 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃɪfɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schiffer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Schiffer, spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Batelier, marinier, personne conduisant un bateau.
- 2Capitaine de bateau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schiffer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat viele Jahre als Schiffer in der Binnenschifffahrt gearbeitet.
Flößer und Schiffer manövrierten in mühseliger Arbeit durch die gefährlichen Stellen.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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