Schaltkreis
[ˈʃaltˌkʁaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Schaltkreis” is uncommon German (frequency #99,032 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,032
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elektrische Leitungen mit Baukomponenten wie Transistoren, Kondensatoren, Widerständen und Relais, die zusammen ein geschlossenes System bilden (Schaltung), das eine Aufgabe erfüllt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schaltkreis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaltˌkʁaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schaltkreis” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schaltkreis is uncommon German at frequency #99,032 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaltˌkʁaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elektrische Leitungen mit Baukomponenten wie Transistoren, Kondensatoren, Widerständen und Relais, die zusammen ein geschlossenes System bilden (Schaltung), das eine Aufgabe erfüllt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schaltkreis, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schaltkreis, spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-K-R-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1elektrische Leitungen mit Baukomponenten wie Transistoren, Kondensatoren, Widerständen und Relais, die zusammen ein geschlossenes System bilden (Schaltung), das eine Aufgabe erfüllt
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 “Schaltkreis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-L-T-K-R-E-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaltˌkʁaɪ̯s] (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.