Sägemühle

[ˈzɛːɡəˌmyːlə]

/[ˈzɛːɡəˌmyːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sägemühle” is uncommon German (frequency #61,975 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,975
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein durch Wasser oder Windkraft angetriebenes Sägewerk, das Bretter und Balken herstellt

Corpus desk

Index DE-sagemuhle · Sägemühle · German

Sägemühle · rank #61,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,975
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Swag

Nearest frequency peer: Swag (-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 „Sägemühle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sägemühle
PropertyValue
HeadwordSägemühle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛːɡəˌmyːlə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,975
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sägemühle“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sägemühlefällt 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: „Swag“ (#61,974), „superreiche“ (#61,973), „taco“ (#61,977). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sägemühle“ bei #61,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sägemühle is uncommon German at frequency #61,975 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛːɡəˌmyːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein durch Wasser oder Windkraft angetriebenes Sägewerk, das Bretter und Balken herstellt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Sägemühle, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sägemühle, spelled S-Ä-G-E-M-Ü-H-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein durch Wasser oder Windkraft angetriebenes Sägewerk, das Bretter und Balken herstellt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Sägemühle in Edane hat das beste Angebot gemacht, dorthin werden wir das Holz verkaufen.
  2. „Der Ingenieur hatte am Wasserfall eine einfache Sägemühle aufgestellt, gegen Ende des Monats war das Rippenwerk schon fertiggestellt.“

Synonyms

Sägerei

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 "Sägemühle"?
"Sägemühle" is spelled S-Ä-G-E-M-Ü-H-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛːɡəˌmyːlə].
What does "Sägemühle" mean?
As a noun, "Sägemühle" means: ein durch Wasser oder Windkraft angetriebenes Sägewerk, das Bretter und Balken herstellt
How do you pronounce "Sägemühle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sägemühle" is [ˈzɛːɡəˌmyːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sägemühle" come from?
"Sägemühle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Telefonen#61,981Strampler#61,961umgebenen#62,004unlautere#62,016

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list