Schamhaare
[ˈʃaːmˌhaːʁə]
The verdict
“Schamhaare” is uncommon German (frequency #69,659 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,659
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schamhaar
Corpus desk
Index DE-schamhaare · Schamhaare · German
Schamhaare · rank #69,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,659
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schatzinsel
Nearest frequency peer: Schatzinsel (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schamhaare”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sardellen
Sardellen
30,345 corpus weight
- Sattelzug
Sattelzug
30,344 corpus weight
- Schamhaare
Schamhaare
30,342 corpus weight
- Schatzinsel
Schatzinsel
30,341 corpus weight
- Scherbenhau…
Scherbenhaufen
30,339 corpus weight
- Schiedsrich…
Schiedsrichtern
30,338 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schamhaare” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schamhaare |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaːmˌhaːʁə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schamhaare” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schamhaare is uncommon German at frequency #69,659 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaːmˌhaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schamhaare, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schamhaare, spelled S-C-H-A-M-H-A-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schamhaar
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schamhaar
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schamhaar
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schamhaar
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.