Quacksalber

[ˈkvakˌzalbɐ]

/[ˈkvakˌzalbɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Quacksalber” is uncommon German (frequency #67,611 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,611
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; Person, die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-quacksalber · Quacksalber · German

Quacksalber · rank #67,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,611
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Querfurt

Nearest frequency peer: Querfurt (+2 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 „Quacksalber“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Quacksalber
PropertyValue
HeadwordQuacksalber
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkvakˌzalbɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Quacksalber“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Quacksalberfällt 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: „Querfurt“ (#67,613), „quin“ (#67,614), „quite“ (#67,615). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „Quacksalber“ bei #67,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Quacksalber is uncommon German at frequency #67,611 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkvakˌzalbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; Person, die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Quacksalber, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Quacksalber, spelled Q-U-A-C-K-S-A-L-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; Person, die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er war an einen Quacksalber geraten.
  2. „Die Kriegsabenteuer des Simplicius, dieses »seltsamen Vaganten«, der sich mal als Narr mit Eselsohren oder Musikant, mal als Soldat oder Räuber, mal als Händler oder Quacksalber durchschlägt – sie spiegeln von Anfang an eigene Erfahrungen des Autors, ohne deshalb komplett autobiographisch zu sein.“

This word in other languages

quacksalver(English)curandero(Español)charlatan(Français)charlatão(Português)

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 "Quacksalber"?
"Quacksalber" is spelled Q-U-A-C-K-S-A-L-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvakˌzalbɐ].
What does "Quacksalber" mean?
As a noun, "Quacksalber" means: jemand, der mit unzulänglichen Mitteln zu heilen versucht; Person, die von ihrem (Heil-)Beruf nichts oder zu wenig versteht
How do you pronounce "Quacksalber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Quacksalber" is [ˈkvakˌzalbɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Quacksalber" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prunkvollen#67,606registriere#67,628Repertorium#67,632Pferdemarkt#67,586

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list