Gleitschirm
[ˈɡlaɪ̯tˌʃɪʁm]
The verdict
“Gleitschirm” is uncommon German (frequency #97,075 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,075
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezielles, zum Fliegen gebautes und genutztes Luftsportgerät
Corpus desk
Index DE-gleitschirm · Gleitschirm · German
Gleitschirm · rank #97,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,075
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gleichstellen
Nearest frequency peer: gleichstellen (-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 „Gleitschirm“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gita
gita
2,930 corpus weight
- Glasplatten
Glasplatten
2,929 corpus weight
- gleichstell…
gleichstellen
2,927 corpus weight
- Gleitschirm
Gleitschirm
2,926 corpus weight
- glättet
glättet
2,925 corpus weight
- GMD
GMD
2,924 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gleitschirm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gleitschirm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlaɪ̯tˌʃɪʁm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gleitschirm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gleitschirm is uncommon German at frequency #97,075 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlaɪ̯tˌʃɪʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezielles, zum Fliegen gebautes und genutztes Luftsportgerät".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gleitschirm, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Gleitschirm, spelled G-L-E-I-T-S-C-H-I-R-M.
Definition
- 1spezielles, zum Fliegen gebautes und genutztes Luftsportgerät
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gleitschirm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Hängegleiter wird auch als Drachen, das Gleitsegel auch als Gleitschirm oder Paragleiter bezeichnet.“
Ein Gleitschirm besteht aus nicht viel mehr als Obersegel und Untersegel mit Profilrippen, Zugbändern und den Tragegurten.
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).