Schimmelpilze
[ˈʃɪml̩ˌpɪlt͡sə]
The verdict
“Schimmelpilze” is uncommon German (frequency #75,027 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,027
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schimmelpilz
Corpus desk
Index DE-schimmelpilze · Schimmelpilze · German
Schimmelpilze · rank #75,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,027
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH scherzo
Nearest frequency peer: scherzo (-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 “Schimmelpilze”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schaffenskr…
Schaffenskraft
24,977 corpus weight
- Schaudern
Schaudern
24,976 corpus weight
- scherzo
scherzo
24,975 corpus weight
- Schimmelpil…
Schimmelpilze
24,974 corpus weight
- schizophren…
schizophrenen
24,973 corpus weight
- Schlösschen
Schlösschen
24,972 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schimmelpilze” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schimmelpilze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪml̩ˌpɪlt͡sə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schimmelpilze” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schimmelpilze is uncommon German at frequency #75,027 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪml̩ˌpɪlt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schimmelpilze, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schimmelpilze, spelled S-C-H-I-M-M-E-L-P-I-L-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schimmelpilz
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schimmelpilz
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schimmelpilz
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schimmelpilz
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schimmelpilze", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.