schlenker
[ˈʃlɛŋkɐ]
The verdict
“schlenker” is uncommon German (frequency #71,814 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,814
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlenkern
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlenker · schlenker · German
schlenker · rank #71,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,814
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schlechterer
Nearest frequency peer: schlechterer (-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 “schlenker”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schlaufe
Schlaufe
28,189 corpus weight
- schlechterer
schlechterer
28,188 corpus weight
- schlenker
schlenker
28,187 corpus weight
- schliefst
schliefst
28,186 corpus weight
- Schlupf
Schlupf
28,185 corpus weight
- Schläfchen
Schläfchen
28,184 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schlenker” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlenker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛŋkɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schlenker” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schlenker is uncommon German at frequency #71,814 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlɛŋkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
schlenker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schlenker, spelled S-C-H-L-E-N-K-E-R.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlenkern
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schlenkern
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 "schlenker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.