Schleiden
[ˈʃlaɪ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“Schleiden” is uncommon German (frequency #51,656 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,656
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-schleiden · Schleiden · German
Schleiden · rank #51,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,656
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schlappen
Nearest frequency peer: Schlappen (-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 „Schleiden“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- scheute
scheute
48,347 corpus weight
- Schlappen
Schlappen
48,346 corpus weight
- Schleiden
Schleiden
48,345 corpus weight
- Schlüsselbe…
Schlüsselbein
48,343 corpus weight
- Schmerzes
Schmerzes
48,342 corpus weight
- Schmiererei…
Schmierereien
48,341 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schleiden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schleiden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaɪ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schleiden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schleiden is uncommon German at frequency #51,656 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃlaɪ̯dn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schleiden in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schleiden, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schleiden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schleiden liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
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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