scheinheilige

[ˈʃaɪ̯nˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə]

/[ˈʃaɪ̯nˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“scheinheilige” is uncommon German (frequency #77,275 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,275
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig

Corpus desk

Index DE-scheinheilige · scheinheilige · German

scheinheilige · rank #77,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,275
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schaulustigen

Nearest frequency peer: Schaulustigen (-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 „scheinheilige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scheinheilige
PropertyValue
Headwordscheinheilige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃaɪ̯nˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#77,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „scheinheilige“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).scheinheiligefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schaulustigen“ (#77,274), „Schauern“ (#77,273), „scheuten“ (#77,277). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „scheinheilige“ bei #77,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scheinheilige is uncommon German at frequency #77,275 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for scheinheilige in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is scheinheilige, spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-H-E-I-L-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig

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 "scheinheilige"?
"scheinheilige" is spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-H-E-I-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə].
What does "scheinheilige" mean?
As an adjective, "scheinheilige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs scheinheilig
How do you pronounce "scheinheilige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scheinheilige" is [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌhaɪ̯lɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scheinheilige" come from?
"scheinheilige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Schaulustigen#77,274Schlagstöcken#77,282Schnittpunkte#77,288Schulgebäudes#77,295

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list