schanz

[ʃant͡s]

/[ʃant͡s]/ verb

The verdict

“schanz” is uncommon German (frequency #55,677 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,677
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schanz · schanz · German

schanz · rank #55,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,677
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schadlos

Nearest frequency peer: schadlos (-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 „schanz“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schanz
PropertyValue
Headwordschanz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃant͡s]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,677
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schanz“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schanzfällt 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: „schadlos“ (#55,676), „Schauspielschule“ (#55,678), „sari“ (#55,675). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schanz“ bei #55,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schanz is uncommon German at frequency #55,677 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schanz, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 schanz, spelled S-C-H-A-N-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen

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 "schanz"?
"schanz" is spelled S-C-H-A-N-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃant͡s].
What does "schanz" mean?
As a verb, "schanz" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schanzen
How do you pronounce "schanz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schanz" is [ʃant͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schanz" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list