Schierling

/[ˈʃiːɐ̯lɪŋ]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#96,197

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Schierling is aGermannoun. It means: eine Sammelbezeichnung für mehrere Arten hochgiftiger Doldengewächse (Umbelliferae, Apiaceae) Pronounced [ˈʃiːɐ̯lɪŋ].

Key facts for Schierling
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchierling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃiːɐ̯lɪŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schierling in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schierling is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃiːɐ̯lɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,197 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Sammelbezeichnung für mehrere Arten hochgiftiger Doldengewächse (Umbelliferae, Apiaceae)".

No misspelling variants are generated for Schierling in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schierling, spelled S-C-H-I-E-R-L-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Sammelbezeichnung für mehrere Arten hochgiftiger Doldengewächse (Umbelliferae, Apiaceae)

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #96,197 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schierling"?
"Schierling" is spelled S-C-H-I-E-R-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃiːɐ̯lɪŋ].
What does "Schierling" mean?
As a noun, "Schierling" means: eine Sammelbezeichnung für mehrere Arten hochgiftiger Doldengewächse (Umbelliferae, Apiaceae)
How do you pronounce "Schierling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schierling" is [ˈʃiːɐ̯lɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schierling" come from?
"Schierling" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.