Schlaganfall
[ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal]
The verdict
“Schlaganfall” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,559 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,559
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - akute Erkrankung des Gehirns durch Verschluss eines Blutgefäßes oder Blutung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlaganfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #10,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schlaganfall” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schlaganfall is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,559 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "akute Erkrankung des Gehirns durch Verschluss eines Blutgefäßes oder Blutung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schlaganfall, with forms such as "cshlaganfall", "scchlaganfall", and "schalganfall". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schlaganfall, spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-A-N-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1akute Erkrankung des Gehirns durch Verschluss eines Blutgefäßes oder Blutung
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshlaganfall,scchlaganfall,schalganfall,schhlaganfall,schlaagnfall,schlagafnall,schlaganafll,schlaganfal,schlaganffall,schlaganflal,schlagannfall,schlagganfall,schlagnafall,schlgaanfall,schllaganfall,sclhaganfall,shclaganfall,sschlaganfall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schlaganfall - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Schlaganfall”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-L-A-G-A-N-F-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.