schleppten
[ˈʃlɛptn̩]
The verdict
“schleppten” is uncommon German (frequency #66,662 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,662
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schleppen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schleppten · schleppten · German
schleppten · rank #66,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,662
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schmückten
Nearest frequency peer: schmückten (+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 “schleppten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schlafapnoe
Schlafapnoe
33,343 corpus weight
- schlaffe
schlaffe
33,342 corpus weight
- Schlagworten
Schlagworten
33,341 corpus weight
- schleppten
schleppten
33,339 corpus weight
- schmückten
schmückten
33,338 corpus weight
- Schnittchen
Schnittchen
33,336 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schleppten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schleppten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɛptn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schleppten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schleppten is uncommon German at frequency #66,662 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlɛptn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for schleppten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schleppten, spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schleppen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schleppen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schleppen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schleppen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schleppten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.