schiefläuft
[ˈʃiːflɔɪ̯ft]
The verdict
“schiefläuft” is uncommon German (frequency #88,246 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,246
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schieflaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schieflauft · schiefläuft · German
schiefläuft · rank #88,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,246
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schisser
Nearest frequency peer: Schisser (+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 “schiefläuft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schaumann
Schaumann
11,760 corpus weight
- scheinheili…
scheinheiligen
11,757 corpus weight
- schiefläuft
schiefläuft
11,755 corpus weight
- Schisser
Schisser
11,754 corpus weight
- Schlafender
Schlafender
11,752 corpus weight
- Schlagbaum
Schlagbaum
11,751 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schiefläuft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schiefläuft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːflɔɪ̯ft] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “schiefläuft” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
schiefläuft is uncommon German at frequency #88,246 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃiːflɔɪ̯ft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schieflaufen".
schiefläuft has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schiefläuft, spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-L-Ä-U-F-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs schieflaufen
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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