Deckschicht

[ˈdɛkˌʃɪçt]

/[ˈdɛkˌʃɪçt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Deckschicht” is uncommon German (frequency #72,295 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,295
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die oberste oder äußerste Schicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-deckschicht · Deckschicht · German

Deckschicht · rank #72,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,295
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH debt

Nearest frequency peer: debt (-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 „Deckschicht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Deckschicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordDeckschicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdɛkˌʃɪçt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,295
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Deckschicht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Deckschichtfällt 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: „debt“ (#72,294), „deos“ (#72,297), „desillusioniert“ (#72,298). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Deckschicht“ bei #72,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Deckschicht is uncommon German at frequency #72,295 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛkˌʃɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Deckschicht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 German form is Deckschicht, spelled D-E-C-K-S-C-H-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die oberste oder äußerste Schicht
  2. 2
    der Straßenbelag, der Asphalt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auf dieses Auto ist eine schwarze Deckschicht lackiert worden.
  2. „Durch Erosion wurde die Deckschicht abgetragen und das mineralreiche Innere dieses rund zwei Kilometer breiten Schlots wurde zugänglich.“

Antonyms

MittelschichtUnterschicht

This word in other languages

cap(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 "Deckschicht"?
"Deckschicht" is spelled D-E-C-K-S-C-H-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛkˌʃɪçt].
What does "Deckschicht" mean?
As a noun, "Deckschicht" means: die oberste oder äußerste Schicht
How do you pronounce "Deckschicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Deckschicht" is [ˈdɛkˌʃɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Deckschicht" come from?
"Deckschicht" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dampfschiff#72,290Dampfkessel#72,289Druckfehler#72,315einfallslos#72,332

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list