Schalttafel
[ˈʃaltˌtaːfl̩]
The verdict
“Schalttafel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bauteil in einer elektrischen Installation, auf dem Schaltelemente, wie Relais, Sicherungen und Schütze untergebracht sind.
Corpus desk
Index DE-schalttafel · Schalttafel · German
Schalttafel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schalttafel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaltˌtaːfl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schalttafel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schalttafel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaltˌtaːfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bauteil in einer elektrischen Installation, auf dem Schaltelemente, wie Relais, Sicherungen und Schütze untergebracht sind.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schalttafel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Schalttafel, spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-T-A-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Bauteil in einer elektrischen Installation, auf dem Schaltelemente, wie Relais, Sicherungen und Schütze untergebracht sind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schalttafel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Schalttafel ist immer ein Teil einer Steuerung einer Einzelmaschine oder von Maschinengruppen und dient somit nicht nur der Energieversorgung.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.