Schakal
[ʃaˈkaːl]
The verdict
“Schakal” is uncommon German (frequency #89,521 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,521
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wildhund, der von wolfsähnlicher Gestalt, aber deutlich kleiner ist und Afrika und Asien vorkommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schakal · Schakal · German
Schakal · rank #89,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,521
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schachtes
Nearest frequency peer: Schachtes (-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 „Schakal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- salmon
salmon
10,484 corpus weight
- Schachtes
Schachtes
10,481 corpus weight
- Schakal
Schakal
10,480 corpus weight
- schemenhaft
schemenhaft
10,479 corpus weight
- Schenefeld
Schenefeld
10,478 corpus weight
- schildere
schildere
10,477 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schakal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schakal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaˈkaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schakal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schakal is uncommon German at frequency #89,521 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃaˈkaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wildhund, der von wolfsähnlicher Gestalt, aber deutlich kleiner ist und Afrika und Asien vorkommt".
Schakal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Schakal, spelled S-C-H-A-K-A-L.
Definition
- 1Wildhund, der von wolfsähnlicher Gestalt, aber deutlich kleiner ist und Afrika und Asien vorkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schakal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der ägyptische Gott Anubis wurde mit dem Kopf eines Schakals dargestellt.
„Ein Schakal frisst keinen Schakal.“
This word in other languages
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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