Schakal
[ʃaˈkaːl]
The verdict
“Schakal” is an uncommon German word, ranked #89,521 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #89,521
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wildhund, der von wolfsähnlicher Gestalt, aber deutlich kleiner ist und Afrika und Asien vorkommt
| 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) |
Where “Schakal” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schakal is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃaˈkaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,521 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “Schakal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-K-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃaˈkaːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.