Sägemehl

[ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl]

/[ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl]/ noun

The verdict

“Sägemehl” is uncommon German (frequency #88,364 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,364
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beim Sägen (normalerweise von Holz) auftretende Anhäufung von Spänen oder Pulver des zersägten Materials

Corpus desk

Index DE-sagemehl · Sägemehl · German

Sägemehl · rank #88,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,364
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH südländische

Nearest frequency peer: südländische (+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 „Sägemehl“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sägemehl
PropertyValue
HeadwordSägemehl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sägemehl“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sägemehlfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „südländische“ (#88,366), „surrealen“ (#88,361), „südländischen“ (#88,367). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sägemehl“ bei #88,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sägemehl is uncommon German at frequency #88,364 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "beim Sägen (normalerweise von Holz) auftretende Anhäufung von Spänen oder Pulver des zersägten Materials".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Sägemehl in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sägemehl, spelled S-Ä-G-E-M-E-H-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    beim Sägen (normalerweise von Holz) auftretende Anhäufung von Spänen oder Pulver des zersägten Materials

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beim Tischlern fällt gewöhnlich eine Menge Sägemehl an.
  2. „Im Angesicht des Alpenpanoramas steigen zwei Muskelpakete in Sennenhemd und Drillichhose in den Ring aus Sägemehl.“

Synonyms

SägespanHolzspan

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 "Sägemehl"?
"Sägemehl" is spelled S-Ä-G-E-M-E-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl].
What does "Sägemehl" mean?
As a noun, "Sägemehl" means: beim Sägen (normalerweise von Holz) auftretende Anhäufung von Spänen oder Pulver des zersägten Materials
How do you pronounce "Sägemehl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sägemehl" is [ˈzɛːɡəˌmeːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sägemehl" come from?
"Sägemehl" 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 "Sägemehl", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list