Führungsschicht

[ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌʃɪçt]

/[ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌʃɪçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Führungsschicht” is uncommon German (frequency #86,497 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,497
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bevölkerungsschicht, die eine führende Rolle einnimmt

Corpus desk

Index DE-fuhrungsschicht · Führungsschicht · German

Führungsschicht · rank #86,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,497
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fünfzehnten

Nearest frequency peer: fünfzehnten (+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 „Führungsschicht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Führungsschicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordFührungsschicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌʃɪçt]
Letters15
Frequency rank#86,497
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Führungsschicht“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Führungsschichtfällt 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: „fünfzehnten“ (#86,498), „Fürbitten“ (#86,499), „Fundstücken“ (#86,494). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Führungsschicht“ bei #86,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Führungsschicht is uncommon German at frequency #86,497 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌʃɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bevölkerungsschicht, die eine führende Rolle einnimmt".

Führungsschicht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Führungsschicht, spelled F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bevölkerungsschicht, die eine führende Rolle einnimmt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Dadurch erfolgte eine langsame Militarisierung der Gesellschaft, indem eine militärische Führungsschicht mit wachsendem gesellschaftlichen Ansehen und entsprechenden Einkommen entstand, an denen auch die einfachen Soldaten beteiligt wurden.“

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 "Führungsschicht"?
"Führungsschicht" is spelled F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌʃɪçt].
What does "Führungsschicht" mean?
As a noun, "Führungsschicht" means: Bevölkerungsschicht, die eine führende Rolle einnimmt
How do you pronounce "Führungsschicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Führungsschicht" is [ˈfyːʁʊŋsˌʃɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Führungsschicht" come from?
"Führungsschicht" 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 "Führungsschicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list