Scheitelpunkt
[ˈʃaɪ̯tl̩ˌpʊŋkt]
The verdict
“Scheitelpunkt” is an uncommon German word, ranked #83,256 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,256
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - höchster Punkt (beispielsweise am Himmel)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scheitelpunkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaɪ̯tl̩ˌpʊŋkt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #83,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Scheitelpunkt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Scheitelpunkt is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃaɪ̯tl̩ˌpʊŋkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,256 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Scheitelpunkt, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Scheitelpunkt, spelled S-C-H-E-I-T-E-L-P-U-N-K-T.
Definition
- 1höchster Punkt (beispielsweise am Himmel)
- 2Kulminationspunkt der Entwicklung eines Geschehens
- 3auf einer Kurve definierte Punkte: tiefster Punkt eines nach oben offenen Kegelschnitts (Parabel, Ellipse, Hyperbel) oder höchster Punkt eines nach unten offenen Kegelschnitts; die Steigung an diesem Punkt beträgt Null
- 4in einem Winkel der Punkt, an dem sich die zwei Schenkel des Winkels schneiden
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 “Scheitelpunkt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-E-I-T-E-L-P-U-N-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃaɪ̯tl̩ˌpʊŋkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.