Dornröschenschlaf
[dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]
The verdict
“Dornröschenschlaf” is uncommon German (frequency #74,486 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,486
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dornröschenschlaf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #74,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dornröschenschlaf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dornröschenschlaf is uncommon German at frequency #74,486 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dornröschenschlaf, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Dornröschenschlaf, spelled D-O-R-N-R-Ö-S-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-F.
Definition
- 1sehr lang andauernder Schlaf; anhaltend unveränderter, verborgener Zustand
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.
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Using “Dornröschenschlaf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-O-R-N-R-Ö-S-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-L-A-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dɔʁnˈʁøːsçənˌʃlaːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.