Schläfchen
[ˈʃlɛːfçən]
The verdict
“Schläfchen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,817 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,817
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schlaf von kurzer Dauer
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlafchen · Schläfchen · German
Schläfchen · rank #71,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,817
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlupf
Nearest frequency peer: Schlupf (-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 “Schläfchen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schlenker
schlenker
28,187 corpus weight
- schliefst
schliefst
28,186 corpus weight
- Schlupf
Schlupf
28,185 corpus weight
- Schläfchen
Schläfchen
28,184 corpus weight
- Schmaus
Schmaus
28,183 corpus weight
- Schraubendr…
Schraubendreher
28,181 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schläfchen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schläfchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛːfçən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schläfchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schläfchen is uncommon German at frequency #71,817 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlɛːfçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schlaf von kurzer Dauer".
Schläfchen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 Schläfchen, spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-F-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Schlaf von kurzer Dauer
Synonyms
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 "Schläfchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.