Scharmützel
[ˌʃaʁˈmʏt͡sl̩]
The verdict
“Scharmützel” is uncommon German (frequency #59,142 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,142
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kleines Gefecht am Rande eines Krieges, oder Handgemenge
Corpus desk
Index DE-scharmutzel · Scharmützel · German
Scharmützel · rank #59,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,142
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schamlose
Nearest frequency peer: schamlose (-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 „Scharmützel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schablonen
Schablonen
40,863 corpus weight
- schalteten
schalteten
40,862 corpus weight
- Schamgefühl
Schamgefühl
40,861 corpus weight
- schamlose
schamlose
40,860 corpus weight
- Scharmützel
Scharmützel
40,859 corpus weight
- Scheichs
Scheichs
40,857 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Scharmützel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scharmützel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʃaʁˈmʏt͡sl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Scharmützel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Scharmützel is uncommon German at frequency #59,142 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʃaʁˈmʏt͡sl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Scharmützel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Scharmützel, spelled S-C-H-A-R-M-Ü-T-Z-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein kleines Gefecht am Rande eines Krieges, oder Handgemenge
- 2Papiertüte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Scharmützel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jöns Månsson Teitt berichtet in seinen Erinnerungen an den Dreißigjährigen Krieg über ein Scharmützel, das am 17. Juni 1629 zwischen Marienwerder und Stuhm stattfand.
„Die Offensive wurde nur wenig durch kleine Scharmützel im Hinterhalt verzögert; gelegentlich stieß man auch auf eine Verteidigungsstellung an einem Hohlweg oder quer zu einem Pfad.“
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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