Schmidt

name

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The verdict

“Schmidt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,691
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand, équivalent, pour le sens, du français Lefevre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schmidt · Schmidt · French

Schmidt · rank #13,691 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,691
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauvegarder

Nearest frequency peer: sauvegarder (-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 « Schmidt »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Schmidt » 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).

Schmidt vs schmitt
71% similar
Schmidt vs Schmid
86% similar

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

Key facts for Schmidt
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchmidt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,691
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Schmidt »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Schmidtse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sauvegarder » (#13,690), « Schneider » (#13,692), « salée » (#13,689). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Schmidt » est au #13,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Schmidt, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,691 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille allemand, équivalent, pour le sens, du français Lefevre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schmidt, with forms such as "cshmidt", "scchmidt", and "schhmidt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "schmitt", "Schmid", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Schmidt, spelled S-C-H-M-I-D-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille allemand, équivalent, pour le sens, du français Lefevre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fabien Schmidt (UC Briochine) s’est imposé en solitaire à Plougonven.
  2. Dans la saison 2, lancée jeudi sur OCS Max, on retrouve Stéphanie (Noémie Schmidt), Toni (Paul Scarfoglio) et Simon (Arthur Mazet), désormais à l’étroit dans les sous-sols du quotidien Libération, pour y développer 3615 Turlu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshmidt
  • scchmidt
  • schhmidt
  • schimdt
  • schmdit
  • schmiddt
  • schmidtt
  • schmitd
  • schmmidt
  • scmhidt
  • shcmidt
  • sschmidt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schmidt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cshmidt2scchmidt1schhmidt1schimdt2schmdit2schmiddt1schmidtt1schmitd2
Edit distance from "Schmidt"

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 "Schmidt"?
"Schmidt" is spelled S-C-H-M-I-D-T.
What does "Schmidt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Schmidt" means: Nom de famille allemand, équivalent, pour le sens, du français Lefevre.
What words are commonly confused with "Schmidt"?
"Schmidt" is commonly confused with "schmitt", "Schmid". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Schmidt" come from?
"Schmidt" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sphères#13,694résisté#13,687stérile#13,697toiture#13,705

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

réfugier12 variantsréduites12 variantsremplies12 variantsvivantes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list