schlaflos
[ˈʃlaːfloːs]
The verdict
“schlaflos” is uncommon German (frequency #60,990 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,990
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne den Zustand tiefer Ruhe
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlaflos · schlaflos · German
schlaflos · rank #60,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,990
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlachthaus
Nearest frequency peer: Schlachthaus (-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 „schlaflos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schemata
Schemata
39,016 corpus weight
- Schirmen
Schirmen
39,013 corpus weight
- Schlachthaus
Schlachthaus
39,012 corpus weight
- schlaflos
schlaflos
39,011 corpus weight
- Schlepp
Schlepp
39,010 corpus weight
- Schlüpfer
Schlüpfer
39,007 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schlaflos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlaflos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːfloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlaflos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlaflos is uncommon German at frequency #60,990 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃlaːfloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne den Zustand tiefer Ruhe".
No misspelling variants are generated for schlaflos in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schlaflos, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne den Zustand tiefer Ruhe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schlaflos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie verbrachte die Nacht schlaflos, da doch tief innen das schlechte Gewissen an ihr nagte.
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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