schlemm
[ʃlɛm]
The verdict
“schlemm” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlemmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlemm · schlemm · German
schlemm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlemm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃlɛm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlemm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlemm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃlɛm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schlemm, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schlemm, spelled S-C-H-L-E-M-M.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlemmen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlemmen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.