Scherzbold
[ˈʃɛʁt͡sˌbɔlt]
The verdict
“Scherzbold” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die mehr als andere zu Scherzen aufgelegt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-scherzbold · Scherzbold · German
Scherzbold · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scherzbold |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛʁt͡sˌbɔlt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Scherzbold“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Scherzbold is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛʁt͡sˌbɔlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die mehr als andere zu Scherzen aufgelegt ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Scherzbold, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Scherzbold, spelled S-C-H-E-R-Z-B-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Person, die mehr als andere zu Scherzen aufgelegt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Scherzbold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er war nie ein Scherzbold gewesen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.