Realschüler

[ʁeˈaːlˌʃyːlɐ]

/[ʁeˈaːlˌʃyːlɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Realschüler” is uncommon German (frequency #70,703 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,703
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Schüler einer Realschule ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-realschuler · Realschüler · German

Realschüler · rank #70,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,703
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reagenzglas

Nearest frequency peer: Reagenzglas (-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 „Realschüler“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Realschüler
PropertyValue
HeadwordRealschüler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁeˈaːlˌʃyːlɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,703
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Realschüler“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Realschülerfällt 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: „Reagenzglas“ (#70,702), „rebellische“ (#70,704), „Rechtsmediziner“ (#70,706). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Realschüler“ bei #70,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Realschüler is uncommon German at frequency #70,703 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈaːlˌʃyːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Schüler einer Realschule ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Realschüler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Realschüler, spelled R-E-A-L-S-C-H-Ü-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Schüler einer Realschule ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als Realschüler galt er in seiner Klasse als Streber und fand keinen Anschluss zu seinen Mitschülern.
  2. „Die Realschüler verbrennen Diktathefte der Gymnasiasten – die Bücherverbrennung liegt erst ein paar Monate zurück.“

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 "Realschüler"?
"Realschüler" is spelled R-E-A-L-S-C-H-Ü-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈaːlˌʃyːlɐ].
What does "Realschüler" mean?
As a noun, "Realschüler" means: Person, die Schüler einer Realschule ist
How do you pronounce "Realschüler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Realschüler" is [ʁeˈaːlˌʃyːlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Realschüler" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Reagenzglas#70,702rebellische#70,704Pseudonymen#70,691reservierte#70,725

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list