Blankoscheck

[ˈblaŋkoˌʃɛk]

/[ˈblaŋkoˌʃɛk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Blankoscheck” is uncommon German (frequency #99,579 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,579
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterschriebener Scheck, auf dem der Geldbetrag nicht eingetragen ist und später ergänzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-blankoscheck · Blankoscheck · German

Blankoscheck · rank #99,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,579
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blauhelme

Nearest frequency peer: Blauhelme (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Blankoscheck“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Blankoscheck“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Blankoscheck
PropertyValue
HeadwordBlankoscheck
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈblaŋkoˌʃɛk]
Letters12
Frequency rank#99,579
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Blankoscheck“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Blankoscheckfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Blauhelme“ (#99,580), „Bisexualität“ (#99,577), „blendende“ (#99,581). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Blankoscheck“ bei #99,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Blankoscheck is uncommon German at frequency #99,579 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈblaŋkoˌʃɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Blankoscheck in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 German form is Blankoscheck, spelled B-L-A-N-K-O-S-C-H-E-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    unterschriebener Scheck, auf dem der Geldbetrag nicht eingetragen ist und später ergänzt wird
  2. 2
    Vollmacht/Erlaubnis, die keinen Einschränkungen unterliegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. So mancher hätte gerne einen Blankoscheck.
  2. „Und das Habsburgerreich konnte das nur tun, weil ihm das Deutsche Reich zuvor einen Blankoscheck ausgestellt hatte.“

Synonyms

BlankovollmachtCarte blanche

This word in other languages

blank check(English)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Blankoscheck"?
"Blankoscheck" is spelled B-L-A-N-K-O-S-C-H-E-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblaŋkoˌʃɛk].
What does "Blankoscheck" mean?
As a noun, "Blankoscheck" means: unterschriebener Scheck, auf dem der Geldbetrag nicht eingetragen ist und später ergänzt wird
How do you pronounce "Blankoscheck"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Blankoscheck" is [ˈblaŋkoˌʃɛk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Blankoscheck" come from?
"Blankoscheck" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bisexualität#99,577Bezirksamtes#99,572Bolschewiken#99,586Betonmischer#99,568

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list