Schausteller
[ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃtɛlɐ]
The verdict
“Schausteller” is an uncommon German word, ranked #54,053 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,053
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der (von Ort zu Ort ziehend) auf Volksfesten, Märkten ein Fahrgeschäft betreibt oder den Besuchern eine andere (zum Beispiel artistische) Attraktion, Unterhaltung bietet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schausteller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃtɛlɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schausteller” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schausteller is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaʊ̯ˌʃtɛlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,053 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der (von Ort zu Ort ziehend) auf Volksfesten, Märkten ein Fahrgeschäft betreibt oder den Besuchern eine andere (zum Beispiel artistische) Attraktion, Unterhaltung bietet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schausteller, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schausteller, spelled S-C-H-A-U-S-T-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der (von Ort zu Ort ziehend) auf Volksfesten, Märkten ein Fahrgeschäft betreibt oder den Besuchern eine andere (zum Beispiel artistische) Attraktion, Unterhaltung bietet
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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Using “Schausteller”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-U-S-T-E-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.