Schellenberg
[ˈʃɛlənˌbɛʁk]
The verdict
“Schellenberg” is uncommon German (frequency #50,022 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,022
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemeinde in Liechtenstein
Corpus desk
Index DE-schellenberg · Schellenberg · German
Schellenberg · rank #50,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,022
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schielen
Nearest frequency peer: schielen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schellenberg”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sammelbegri…
Sammelbegriff
49,982 corpus weight
- Saucen
Saucen
49,981 corpus weight
- Schellenberg
Schellenberg
49,979 corpus weight
- schielen
schielen
49,978 corpus weight
- schlaff
schlaff
49,977 corpus weight
- Schlüsselbu…
Schlüsselbund
49,976 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schellenberg” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schellenberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛlənˌbɛʁk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schellenberg” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Schellenberg is uncommon German at frequency #50,022 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃɛlənˌbɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemeinde in Liechtenstein".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schellenberg in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schellenberg, spelled S-C-H-E-L-L-E-N-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1Gemeinde in Liechtenstein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schellenberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schellenberg liegt in Liechtensteins Norden.
das Schellenberg der 80er Jahre
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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