Drehstuhl

[ˈdʁeːˌʃtuːl]

/[ˈdʁeːˌʃtuːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Drehstuhl” is uncommon German (frequency #98,316 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,316
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drehbarer Stuhl oder Hocker; drehbarer Sessel oder Hocker

Corpus desk

Index DE-drehstuhl · Drehstuhl · German

Drehstuhl · rank #98,316 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,316
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dorfkern

Nearest frequency peer: Dorfkern (-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 „Drehstuhl“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Drehstuhl
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrehstuhl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʁeːˌʃtuːl]
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,316
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Drehstuhl“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Drehstuhlfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dorfkern“ (#98,315), „Doppelgarage“ (#98,314), „dreimaligen“ (#98,318). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Drehstuhl“ bei #98,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Drehstuhl is uncommon German at frequency #98,316 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁeːˌʃtuːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drehbarer Stuhl oder Hocker; drehbarer Sessel oder Hocker".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Drehstuhl in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Drehstuhl, spelled D-R-E-H-S-T-U-H-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    drehbarer Stuhl oder Hocker; drehbarer Sessel oder Hocker

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Pianist stellte sich den Drehstuhl höher.
  2. „Dann lehnte ich mich in meinem Drehstuhl zurück, paffte an meiner Zigarette und blies einen fast perfekten Rauchring.“

Synonyms

Drehsessel

This word in other languages

swivel chair(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 "Drehstuhl"?
"Drehstuhl" is spelled D-R-E-H-S-T-U-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁeːˌʃtuːl].
What does "Drehstuhl" mean?
As a noun, "Drehstuhl" means: drehbarer Stuhl oder Hocker; drehbarer Sessel oder Hocker
How do you pronounce "Drehstuhl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drehstuhl" is [ˈdʁeːˌʃtuːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drehstuhl" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Donauufer#98,313Disponent#98,306Dauergast#98,290einbindet#98,346

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list