sandbox
[ˈsændbɒks]
The verdict
“sandbox” is uncommon German (frequency #85,788 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,788
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sandkasten
Corpus desk
Index DE-sandbox · sandbox · German
sandbox · rank #85,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,788
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Samthandschuh…
Nearest frequency peer: Samthandschuhen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sandbox”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rülpst
rülpst
14,217 corpus weight
- Salven
Salven
14,215 corpus weight
- Samthandsch…
Samthandschuhen
14,214 corpus weight
- sandbox
sandbox
14,213 corpus weight
- Sanddünen
Sanddünen
14,212 corpus weight
- satisfaction
satisfaction
14,209 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sandbox” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sandbox |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsændbɒks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “sandbox” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
sandbox is uncommon German at frequency #85,788 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsændbɒks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sandbox in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sandbox, spelled S-A-N-D-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1Sandkasten
- 2Box mit Sand, dient der Erhöhung der Oberflächenreibung zwischen Schiene und Lauffläche der Räder
- 3kleine Box mit Sand, der der Trocknung von frischer Tinte dient
- 4ein virtueller Raum, der der Erprobung von neuer Software dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sandbox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The kids played in the sandbox the whole day.
Synonyms
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.
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