Schaltfläche

[ˈʃaltˌflɛçə]

/[ˈʃaltˌflɛçə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schaltfläche” is uncommon German (frequency #58,254 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,254
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - markierter, anklickbarer Bereich einer Programmoberfläche, virtueller Bedienknopf

Corpus desk

Index DE-schaltflache · Schaltfläche · German

Schaltfläche · rank #58,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,254
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH scherzte

Nearest frequency peer: scherzte (+2 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 „Schaltfläche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schaltfläche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schaltfläche
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchaltfläche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaltˌflɛçə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schaltfläche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schaltflächefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „scherzte“ (#58,256), „Schichtdienst“ (#58,257), „Saulgau“ (#58,250). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schaltfläche“ bei #58,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schaltfläche is uncommon German at frequency #58,254 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaltˌflɛçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "markierter, anklickbarer Bereich einer Programmoberfläche, virtueller Bedienknopf".

Schaltfläche has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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. The correct German form is Schaltfläche, spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-F-L-Ä-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    markierter, anklickbarer Bereich einer Programmoberfläche, virtueller Bedienknopf

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Deutschland-Web durchsuchen: durch Klicken dieser Schaltfläche führen Sie eine Suche im Deutschland-Länderindex aus. [Internetbeleg]

Synonyms

ButtonKnopfKlickbutton

This word in other languages

button(English)botón(Español)bouton(Français)botão(Português)

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 "Schaltfläche"?
"Schaltfläche" is spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-F-L-Ä-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaltˌflɛçə].
What does "Schaltfläche" mean?
As a noun, "Schaltfläche" means: markierter, anklickbarer Bereich einer Programmoberfläche, virtueller Bedienknopf
How do you pronounce "Schaltfläche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schaltfläche" is [ˈʃaltˌflɛçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schaltfläche" come from?
"Schaltfläche" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schneeflocke#58,265Räumlichkeit#58,236semantischen#58,291Sexspielzeug#58,293

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list