Schreiber

name

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The verdict

“Schreiber” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,355
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schreiber · Schreiber · French

Schreiber · rank #49,355 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,355
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schmid

Nearest frequency peer: Schmid (-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 « Schreiber »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Schreiber » 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).

Schreiber vs Schneider
78% similar

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

Key facts for Schreiber
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchreiber
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,355
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Schreiber »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Schreiberse 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 « Schmid » (#49,354), « scrotum » (#49,356), « schiappa » (#49,353). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Schreiber » est au #49,355. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Schreiber, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,355 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schreiber, with forms such as "cshreiber", "scchreiber", and "scheriber". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Schneider", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Schreiber, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La stratégie du nouveau dirigeant de Hotpoint, Chaim Schreiber, va pourtant à contre-courant, ce dernier rejetant les arguments de la taille critique.
  2. « Sur les premiers mois de 2020, avec la crise du coronavirus, nous avons constaté une augmentation de plus de 20 000 % des attaques informatiques de type hameçonnage (phishing, en anglais), des logiciels malveillants ou des sites malicieux qui ciblent des utilisateurs à distance pour leur soutirer des informations sensibles », témoignait ainsi sur France…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cshreiber
  • scchreiber
  • scheriber
  • schhreiber
  • schrebier
  • schreibber
  • schreiberr
  • schreibre
  • schreiebr
  • schrieber
  • schrreiber
  • scrheiber
  • shcreiber
  • sschreiber

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cshreiber2scchreiber1scheriber2schhreiber1schrebier2schreibber1schreiberr1schreibre2
Edit distance from "Schreiber"

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 "Schreiber"?
"Schreiber" is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R.
What does "Schreiber" mean?
As a proper noun, "Schreiber" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Schreiber"?
"Schreiber" is commonly confused with "Schneider". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Schreiber" come from?
"Schreiber" 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 "Schreiber", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sexologue#49,358saugrenue#49,349sinueuses#49,363repartait#49,326

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

solidifier14 variantssouffrirait14 variantsremerciera14 variantsrecracher14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list