Scharfrichter

[ˈʃaʁfˌʁɪçtɐ]

/[ˈʃaʁfˌʁɪçtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Scharfrichter” is uncommon German (frequency #60,033 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,033
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Hinrichtungen durchführt

Corpus desk

Index DE-scharfrichter · Scharfrichter · German

Scharfrichter · rank #60,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,033
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schachspieler

Nearest frequency peer: Schachspieler (-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 „Scharfrichter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Scharfrichter
PropertyValue
HeadwordScharfrichter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃaʁfˌʁɪçtɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#60,033
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Scharfrichter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Scharfrichterfällt 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: „Schachspieler“ (#60,032), „Schauplätzen“ (#60,034), „Schachbrett“ (#60,031). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Scharfrichter“ bei #60,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scharfrichter is uncommon German at frequency #60,033 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaʁfˌʁɪçtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Hinrichtungen durchführt".

Scharfrichter has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Scharfrichter, spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-R-I-C-H-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die Hinrichtungen durchführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Unten auf dem Platz trat der Scharfrichter hinter den Delinquenten.“
  2. „Scharfrichter galten schlechthin als ehrlos.“

Synonyms

Henker

This word in other languages

executioner(English)verdugo(Español)bourreau(Français)carrasco(Português)

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 "Scharfrichter"?
"Scharfrichter" is spelled S-C-H-A-R-F-R-I-C-H-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaʁfˌʁɪçtɐ].
What does "Scharfrichter" mean?
As a noun, "Scharfrichter" means: Person, die Hinrichtungen durchführt
How do you pronounce "Scharfrichter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scharfrichter" is [ˈʃaʁfˌʁɪçtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scharfrichter" come from?
"Scharfrichter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schachspieler#60,032Schichtarbeit#60,036Schlafenszeit#60,038schlechtestes#60,044

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list