Schlafapnoe
[ˈʃlaːfʔaˌpnoːə]
The verdict
“Schlafapnoe” is uncommon German (frequency #66,658 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,658
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Atemschwierigkeiten während des Schlafs
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlafapnoe · Schlafapnoe · German
Schlafapnoe · rank #66,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,658
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schindlers
Nearest frequency peer: Schindlers (-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 “Schlafapnoe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schicksalen
Schicksalen
33,347 corpus weight
- schiefgegan…
schiefgegangen
33,346 corpus weight
- Schindlers
Schindlers
33,344 corpus weight
- Schlafapnoe
Schlafapnoe
33,343 corpus weight
- schlaffe
schlaffe
33,342 corpus weight
- Schlagworten
Schlagworten
33,341 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schlafapnoe” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlafapnoe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːfʔaˌpnoːə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schlafapnoe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schlafapnoe is uncommon German at frequency #66,658 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːfʔaˌpnoːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Atemschwierigkeiten während des Schlafs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schlafapnoe, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schlafapnoe, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-A-P-N-O-E.
Definition
- 1Atemschwierigkeiten während des Schlafs
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schlafapnoe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 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.