schiste

\ʃist\

/\ʃist\/ noun

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The verdict

“schiste” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,793
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche sédimentaire ou métamorphique (cristallophyllienne) à structure feuilletée et pouvant se diviser (se cliver) facilement en lames ou feuilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schiste · schiste · French

schiste · rank #14,793 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,793
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saxon

Nearest frequency peer: saxon (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « schiste »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « schiste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

schiste vs sexiste
71% similar
schiste vs soliste
71% similar
schiste vs sudiste
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for schiste
PropertyValue
Headwordschiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃist\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,793
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « schiste »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).schistese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « saxon » (#14,792), « sentimentale » (#14,794), « révolutions » (#14,791). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « schiste » est au #14,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around schiste (IPA \ʃist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,793 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for schiste, with forms such as "cshiste", "scchiste", and "schhiste". 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, "sexiste", "soliste", "sudiste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is schiste, spelled S-C-H-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roche sédimentaire ou métamorphique (cristallophyllienne) à structure feuilletée et pouvant se diviser (se cliver) facilement en lames ou feuilles.
  2. 2
    Substance stérile mêlée au charbon.
  3. 3
    Huile de schiste, utilisée autrefois pour l'éclairage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how schiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le terrain ardoisier montre une succession de schistes et de quartzites des nuances les plus diverses, dont l’inclinaison générale est vers le sud de la boussole.
  2. Vous ne chercheriez pas longtemps dans ces fissures de schiste ardoisé sans rencontrer des pépites importantes.

This word in other languages

shale(English)esquisto(Español)Schiefer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshiste
  • scchiste
  • schhiste
  • schiset
  • schisste
  • schistte
  • schitse
  • schsite
  • scihste
  • shciste
  • sschiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schiste - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cshiste2scchiste1schhiste1schiset2schisste1schistte1schitse2schsite2
Edit distance from "schiste"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schiste"?
"schiste" is spelled S-C-H-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃist\.
What does "schiste" mean?
As a noun, "schiste" means: Roche sédimentaire ou métamorphique (cristallophyllienne) à structure feuilletée et pouvant se diviser (se cliver) facilement en lames ou feuilles.
What words are commonly confused with "schiste"?
"schiste" is commonly confused with "sexiste", "soliste", "sudiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "schiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schiste" is \ʃist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schiste" come from?
"schiste" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réponde#14,789sexisme#14,797soufflé#14,800rempart#14,780

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

souffrait11 variantsraisonner11 variantstenaient11 variantstraduite11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list