Schadstoff

[ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]

/[ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schadstoff” is uncommon German (frequency #85,796 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,796
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemischer Stoff, der ab einem bestimmten Ausmaß der Natur schadet

Corpus desk

Index DE-schadstoff · Schadstoff · German

Schadstoff · rank #85,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,796
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schan

Nearest frequency peer: schan (+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 “Schadstoff”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Schadstoff” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schadstoff
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchadstoff
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Schadstoff” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schadstoffliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „schan“ (#85,797), „schadete“ (#85,794), „Schauinsland“ (#85,798). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schadstoff is uncommon German at frequency #85,796 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemischer Stoff, der ab einem bestimmten Ausmaß der Natur schadet".

Schadstoff has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schadstoff, spelled S-C-H-A-D-S-T-O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemischer Stoff, der ab einem bestimmten Ausmaß der Natur schadet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Durch den Bau von sehr vielen Kläranlagen und die Abkoppelung der Industrie wurden sämtliche Flüsse in Deutschland von der weiteren Einleitung von Schadstoffen befreit.
  2. Die ungebremste Abgabe der Schadstoffe an die Luft hat dazu geführt, dass wir ernsthaft über ein Ozonloch diskutieren und gar verwundert sind, wenn Wind und Wetter durcheinander geraten.

This word in other languages

pollutant(English)polluant(Français)

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 "Schadstoff"?
"Schadstoff" is spelled S-C-H-A-D-S-T-O-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf].
What does "Schadstoff" mean?
As a noun, "Schadstoff" means: chemischer Stoff, der ab einem bestimmten Ausmaß der Natur schadet
How do you pronounce "Schadstoff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schadstoff" is [ˈʃaːtˌʃtɔf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list