Schädeldecke
[ˈʃɛːdl̩ˌdɛkə]
The verdict
“Schädeldecke” is uncommon German (frequency #85,826 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,826
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Knochen, die den oberen Teil des Schädels bilden
Corpus desk
Index DE-schadeldecke · Schädeldecke · German
Schädeldecke · rank #85,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,826
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schönheitswet…
Nearest frequency peer: Schönheitswettbewerb (+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 „Schädeldecke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schwanzflos…
Schwanzflosse
14,179 corpus weight
- Schwarztee
Schwarztee
14,178 corpus weight
- Schwarzwald…
Schwarzwaldes
14,177 corpus weight
- Schädeldecke
Schädeldecke
14,175 corpus weight
- Schönheitsw…
Schönheitswettbewerb
14,174 corpus weight
- schüttelten
schüttelten
14,172 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schädeldecke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schädeldecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːdl̩ˌdɛkə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schädeldecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schädeldecke is uncommon German at frequency #85,826 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛːdl̩ˌdɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der Knochen, die den oberen Teil des Schädels bilden".
Schädeldecke has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schädeldecke, spelled S-C-H-Ä-D-E-L-D-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Knochen, die den oberen Teil des Schädels bilden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schädeldecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Weil durch das Kernspinntomogramm die Art des Tumors nicht zu ermitteln war, musste Herman im Juni 1988 eine schmerzhafte Biopsie über sich ergehen lassen, bei der ein Loch in die Schädeldecke gebohrt und eine Probe des Tumorgewebes entnommen wurde.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).