Schlampe

/[ˈʃlampə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,021

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Schlampe is aGermannoun. It means: unordentlich, liederliche, ungepflegte Person Pronounced [ˈʃlampə]. It ranks #5,021 in German word frequency. Often confused with schlapp and Schlange.

Key facts for Schlampe
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlampe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlampə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,021
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schlampe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schlampe is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃlampə]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,021 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schlampe, with forms such as "cshlampe", "scchlampe", and "schalmpe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "schlapp", "Schlange", "schlimme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schlampe, spelled S-C-H-L-A-M-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unordentlich, liederliche, ungepflegte Person
  2. 2
    promiskuitive Frau

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cshlampe,scchlampe,schalmpe,schhlampe,schlamep,schlammpe,schlamppe,schlapme,schllampe,schlmape,sclhampe,shclampe,sschlampe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schlampe

Misspelling Variants of "Schlampe"

cshlampe8scchlampe9schalmpe8schhlampe9schlamep8schlammpe9schlamppe9schlapme8
Misspelling Variants of "Schlampe"

Frequency rank: #5,021 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schlampe"?
"Schlampe" is spelled S-C-H-L-A-M-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlampə].
What does "Schlampe" mean?
As a noun, "Schlampe" means: unordentlich, liederliche, ungepflegte Person
What words are commonly confused with "Schlampe"?
"Schlampe" is commonly confused with "schlapp", "Schlange", "schlimme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Schlampe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlampe" is [ˈʃlampə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlampe" come from?
"Schlampe" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.