schadlos

[ˈʃaːtˌloːs]

/[ˈʃaːtˌloːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“schadlos” is uncommon German (frequency #55,676 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,676
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hemmungslos zugreifend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schadlos · schadlos · German

schadlos · rank #55,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,676
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sari

Nearest frequency peer: sari (-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 „schadlos“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schadlos
PropertyValue
Headwordschadlos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃaːtˌloːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schadlos“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schadlosfällt 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: „sari“ (#55,675), „schanz“ (#55,677), „Sanaa“ (#55,674). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schadlos“ bei #55,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schadlos is uncommon German at frequency #55,676 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃaːtˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

schadlos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schadlos, spelled S-C-H-A-D-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    hemmungslos zugreifend
  2. 2
    keinen Schaden erleidend
  3. 3
    keinen Schaden verursachend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jetzt werde ich mich mal am Buffet schadlos halten.
  2. In einem Bunker hatten sie den Luftangriff schadlos überstanden.

Antonyms

kaputtaggressivschädlich

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 "schadlos"?
"schadlos" is spelled S-C-H-A-D-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːtˌloːs].
What does "schadlos" mean?
As an adjective, "schadlos" means: hemmungslos zugreifend
How do you pronounce "schadlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schadlos" is [ˈʃaːtˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schadlos" come from?
"schadlos" 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 "schadlos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

schiebst#55,681Routinen#55,666Romanzen#55,663Roadtrip#55,659

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list