Schlagwerk
[ˈʃlaːkˌvɛʁk]
The verdict
“Schlagwerk” is uncommon German (frequency #79,684 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,684
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Orchester: Das Schlagzeug, die Gesamtheit aller Schlaginstrumente
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlagwerk · Schlagwerk · German
Schlagwerk · rank #79,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,684
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schleichender
Nearest frequency peer: schleichender (+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 “Schlagwerk”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schauspiele…
schauspielerisch
20,322 corpus weight
- Schiebetür
Schiebetür
20,320 corpus weight
- Schlagwerk
Schlagwerk
20,317 corpus weight
- schleichend…
schleichender
20,316 corpus weight
- schlüssigen
schlüssigen
20,313 corpus weight
- schmeckst
schmeckst
20,312 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schlagwerk” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlagwerk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaːkˌvɛʁk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schlagwerk” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schlagwerk is uncommon German at frequency #79,684 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlaːkˌvɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Schlagwerk in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schlagwerk, spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-W-E-R-K.
Definition
- 1im Orchester: Das Schlagzeug, die Gesamtheit aller Schlaginstrumente
- 2mechanisch: Mechanismus in einer Räderuhr, durch den der Uhrschlag zusätzlich zur optischen Anzeige mitgeteilt wird.
- 3für Werkzeuge: aktives Bestandteil eines schlagenden Elektrowerkzeugs (z. B. Meißelhammer, Bohrhammer)
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schlagwerk", 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.