Schallmauer
[ˈʃalˌmaʊ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Schallmauer” is uncommon German (frequency #76,121 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,121
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aeronautik, Akustik: bildhafter Begriff für einen aerodynamischen Widerstand
Corpus desk
Index DE-schallmauer · Schallmauer · German
Schallmauer · rank #76,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,121
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH satter
Nearest frequency peer: satter (-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 „Schallmauer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sapphire
sapphire
23,883 corpus weight
- Sattelschle…
Sattelschlepper
23,882 corpus weight
- satter
satter
23,881 corpus weight
- Schallmauer
Schallmauer
23,880 corpus weight
- scharren
scharren
23,879 corpus weight
- Schauspiele
Schauspiele
23,878 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schallmauer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schallmauer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃalˌmaʊ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schallmauer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schallmauer is uncommon German at frequency #76,121 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃalˌmaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aeronautik, Akustik: bildhafter Begriff für einen aerodynamischen Widerstand".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schallmauer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schallmauer, spelled S-C-H-A-L-L-M-A-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aeronautik, Akustik: bildhafter Begriff für einen aerodynamischen Widerstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schallmauer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chuck Yeager hat als erster Mensch nachweislich die Schallmauer durchbrochen.
„Er durchbrach in aufreizender Unverschämtheit die über meinem Haus befindliche Schallmauer und verursachte dabei einen Knall, der als überwältigend bezeichnet werden muss.“
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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