Schleimhaut
The verdict
“Schleimhaut” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #46,963 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,963
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Schutzschicht, die das Innere von Hohlorganen auskleidet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schleimhaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlaɪ̯mˌhaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #46,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schleimhaut” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schleimhaut is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃlaɪ̯mˌhaʊ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,963 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Schutzschicht, die das Innere von Hohlorganen auskleidet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schleimhaut, with forms such as "cshleimhaut", "scchleimhaut", and "schelimhaut". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Schleimhäute", 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 Schleimhaut, spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-M-H-A-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Schutzschicht, die das Innere von Hohlorganen auskleidet
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshleimhaut,scchleimhaut,schelimhaut,schhleimhaut,schleihmaut,schleimahut,schleimhatu,schleimhautt,schleimhhaut,schleimhuat,schleimmhaut,schlemihaut,schliemhaut,schlleimhaut,sclheimhaut,shcleimhaut,sschleimhaut
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schleimhaut — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Schleimhaut"
Frequency rank: #46,963 in German
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Using “Schleimhaut”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-L-E-I-M-H-A-U-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃlaɪ̯mˌhaʊ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Schleimhäute” — see the side-by-side comparison. Schleimhaut vs Schleimhäute
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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