Schlösschen
[ˈʃlœsçən]
The verdict
“Schlösschen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,029 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,029
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines Schloss, Herrenhaus, prächtig ausgestaltetes Anwesen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlosschen · Schlösschen · German
Schlösschen · rank #75,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,029
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH schizophrenen
Nearest frequency peer: schizophrenen (-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 “Schlösschen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- scherzo
scherzo
24,975 corpus weight
- Schimmelpil…
Schimmelpilze
24,974 corpus weight
- schizophren…
schizophrenen
24,973 corpus weight
- Schlösschen
Schlösschen
24,972 corpus weight
- Schlüsselüb…
Schlüsselübergabe
24,971 corpus weight
- Schneefälle
Schneefälle
24,970 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schlösschen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlösschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlœsçən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #75,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schlösschen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schlösschen is uncommon German at frequency #75,029 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlœsçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Schloss, Herrenhaus, prächtig ausgestaltetes Anwesen".
Schlösschen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schlösschen, spelled S-C-H-L-Ö-S-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Schloss, Herrenhaus, prächtig ausgestaltetes Anwesen
Synonyms
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 "Schlösschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 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.