Schlacke
[ˈʃlakə]
The verdict
“Schlacke” is uncommon German (frequency #59,146 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,146
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rückstand in der Metallverarbeitung, bei Verbrennungsvorgängen oder geologischen Prozessen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlacke · Schlacke · German
Schlacke · rank #59,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,146
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlagenden
Nearest frequency peer: schlagenden (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schlacke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Scharmützel
Scharmützel
40,859 corpus weight
- Scheichs
Scheichs
40,857 corpus weight
- Schlacke
Schlacke
40,855 corpus weight
- schlagenden
schlagenden
40,854 corpus weight
- Schlaumeier
Schlaumeier
40,853 corpus weight
- Schmier
Schmier
40,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlacke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlacke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlakə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlacke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlacke is uncommon German at frequency #59,146 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rückstand in der Metallverarbeitung, bei Verbrennungsvorgängen oder geologischen Prozessen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schlacke in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct German form is Schlacke, spelled S-C-H-L-A-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Rückstand in der Metallverarbeitung, bei Verbrennungsvorgängen oder geologischen Prozessen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlacke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‚Die Schlacke wird im Schmelzfluss vom Metall abgetrennt und anschließend in flüssigem Zustand zum Abkühlen in so genannte „Beete“ abgegossen.‘
„Da die Dichte der Schlacke geringer ist als die des Roheisens, schwimmt sie auf dem Roheisen.“
This word in other languages
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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