Schädling
[ˈʃɛːtlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Schädling” is uncommon German (frequency #58,277 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,277
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand oder etwas Unerwünschtes, das Probleme bereitet (Schaden verursacht), zum Beispiel etwas zerstört oder beschädigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schadling · Schädling · German
Schädling · rank #58,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,277
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schäbigen
Nearest frequency peer: schäbigen (-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 „Schädling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schweizeris…
schweizerisches
41,727 corpus weight
- schäbigen
schäbigen
41,725 corpus weight
- Schädling
Schädling
41,724 corpus weight
- schämte
schämte
41,723 corpus weight
- schärferen
schärferen
41,722 corpus weight
- Schönheitsi…
Schönheitsideal
41,721 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schädling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schädling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛːtlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schädling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schädling is uncommon German at frequency #58,277 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛːtlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand oder etwas Unerwünschtes, das Probleme bereitet (Schaden verursacht), zum Beispiel etwas zerstört oder beschädigt".
Schädling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schädling, spelled S-C-H-Ä-D-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1jemand oder etwas Unerwünschtes, das Probleme bereitet (Schaden verursacht), zum Beispiel etwas zerstört oder beschädigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schädling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schädlinge vernichteten die ganze Ernte.
„Der Schädling kann zu extremen Ernteausfällen führen.“
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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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