Schalthebel

[ˈʃaltˌheːbl̩]

/[ˈʃaltˌheːbl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schalthebel” is uncommon German (frequency #83,253 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,253
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stangenförmiges Gerät, mit dem eine Schaltung bedient wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-schalthebel · Schalthebel · German

Schalthebel · rank #83,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,253
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schaber

Nearest frequency peer: Schaber (-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 „Schalthebel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schalthebel
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchalthebel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaltˌheːbl̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schalthebel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schalthebelfällt 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: „Schaber“ (#83,252), „Schauspielen“ (#83,254), „Schabbat“ (#83,251). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schalthebel“ bei #83,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schalthebel is uncommon German at frequency #83,253 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaltˌheːbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Schalthebel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Schalthebel, spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-H-E-B-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    stangenförmiges Gerät, mit dem eine Schaltung bedient wird
  2. 2
    stangenförmiges Gerät, mit dem eine Gangschaltung an einem Fahrzeug bedient wird
  3. 3
    Stelle, an der Entscheidungen gefällt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Um die Maschine zu starten, muss man nur den Schalthebel umlegen.
  2. „Die wenigen Frauen und Mädchen hantierten unter der Aufsicht des Saalmeisters an den Schalthebeln, durch die der Gang der verschiedenen Walzmaschinen und Trichtermühlen ferngesteuert und das Tempo besonders geregelt wurde.“

Synonyms

Schaltknüppel

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 "Schalthebel"?
"Schalthebel" is spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-H-E-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaltˌheːbl̩].
What does "Schalthebel" mean?
As a noun, "Schalthebel" means: stangenförmiges Gerät, mit dem eine Schaltung bedient wird
How do you pronounce "Schalthebel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schalthebel" is [ˈʃaltˌheːbl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schalthebel" come from?
"Schalthebel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list