schlichten
\ˈʃlɪçtn̩\
The verdict
“schlichten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apaiser, arbitrer, régler (un conflit).
Corpus desk
Index FR-schlichten · schlichten · French
schlichten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlichten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃlɪçtn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schlichten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schlichten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃlɪçtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apaiser, arbitrer, régler (un conflit).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schlichten, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is schlichten, spelled S-C-H-L-I-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Apaiser, arbitrer, régler (un conflit).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schlichten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Amateur- und Jugendfußball wird geschlagen, gespuckt, beleidigt. Immer wieder richtet sich die Gewalt gegen diejenigen, die eigentlich schlichten sollen: die Schiedsrichterinnen und Schiedsrichter.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.