Schafwolle

/[ˈʃaːfˌvɔlə]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#96,190

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Schafwolle is aGermannoun. It means: Wolle, die von Schafen gewonnen wird Pronounced [ˈʃaːfˌvɔlə].

Key facts for Schafwolle
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchafwolle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaːfˌvɔlə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,190
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schafwolle in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schafwolle is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaːfˌvɔlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,190 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wolle, die von Schafen gewonnen wird".

No misspelling variants are generated for Schafwolle in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schafwolle, spelled S-C-H-A-F-W-O-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wolle, die von Schafen gewonnen wird

Frequency rank: #96,190 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schafwolle"?
"Schafwolle" is spelled S-C-H-A-F-W-O-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːfˌvɔlə].
What does "Schafwolle" mean?
As a noun, "Schafwolle" means: Wolle, die von Schafen gewonnen wird
How do you pronounce "Schafwolle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schafwolle" is [ˈʃaːfˌvɔlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schafwolle" come from?
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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.