Forschungsschiff

[ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌʃɪf]

/[ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌʃɪf]/ noun

The verdict

“Forschungsschiff” is uncommon German (frequency #72,425 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,425
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, das für Forschungszwecke eingesetzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-forschungsschiff · Forschungsschiff · German

Forschungsschiff · rank #72,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,425
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH forsche

Nearest frequency peer: forsche (-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 „Forschungsschiff“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Forschungsschiff
PropertyValue
HeadwordForschungsschiff
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌʃɪf]
Letters16
Frequency rank#72,425
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Forschungsschiff“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Forschungsschifffällt 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: „forsche“ (#72,424), „forstwirtschaftliche“ (#72,426), „Fontäne“ (#72,423). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Forschungsschiff“ bei #72,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Forschungsschiff is uncommon German at frequency #72,425 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schiff, das für Forschungszwecke eingesetzt wird".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Forschungsschiff, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 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 Forschungsschiff, spelled F-O-R-S-C-H-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schiff, das für Forschungszwecke eingesetzt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Forschungsschiffe werden unter anderem für Meeres- und Klimaforschung eingesetzt.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Forschungsschiff"?
"Forschungsschiff" is spelled F-O-R-S-C-H-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌʃɪf].
What does "Forschungsschiff" mean?
As a noun, "Forschungsschiff" means: Schiff, das für Forschungszwecke eingesetzt wird
How do you pronounce "Forschungsschiff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Forschungsschiff" is [ˈfɔʁʃʊŋsˌʃɪf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Forschungsschiff" come from?
"Forschungsschiff" 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 "Forschungsschiff", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list