Klärschlamm

[ˈklɛːɐ̯ˌʃlam]

/[ˈklɛːɐ̯ˌʃlam]/ noun

The verdict

“Klärschlamm” is uncommon German (frequency #84,186 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,186
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rückstand bei der Abwasserklärung und Trinkwasseraufbereitung

Corpus desk

Index DE-klarschlamm · Klärschlamm · German

Klärschlamm · rank #84,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,186
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kleins

Nearest frequency peer: Kleins (-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 „Klärschlamm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Klärschlamm
PropertyValue
HeadwordKlärschlamm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈklɛːɐ̯ˌʃlam]
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Klärschlamm“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Klärschlammfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kleins“ (#84,185), „Klärwerk“ (#84,187), „kitschige“ (#84,184). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Klärschlamm“ bei #84,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Klärschlamm is uncommon German at frequency #84,186 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklɛːɐ̯ˌʃlam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rückstand bei der Abwasserklärung und Trinkwasseraufbereitung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Klärschlamm, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Klärschlamm, spelled K-L-Ä-R-S-C-H-L-A-M-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rückstand bei der Abwasserklärung und Trinkwasseraufbereitung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bei der Reinigung von Abwässern entsteht Klärschlamm.

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 "Klärschlamm"?
"Klärschlamm" is spelled K-L-Ä-R-S-C-H-L-A-M-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklɛːɐ̯ˌʃlam].
What does "Klärschlamm" mean?
As a noun, "Klärschlamm" means: Rückstand bei der Abwasserklärung und Trinkwasseraufbereitung
How do you pronounce "Klärschlamm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Klärschlamm" is [ˈklɛːɐ̯ˌʃlam]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list