Schlosskirche

[ˈʃlɔsˌkɪʁçə]

/[ˈʃlɔsˌkɪʁçə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schlosskirche” is uncommon German (frequency #50,864 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,864
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einem großen, prunkvollen Gebäude, das früher meist vom Adel bewohnt wurde, gehöriges Gotteshaus

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlosskirche · Schlosskirche · German

Schlosskirche · rank #50,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,864
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schnarcht

Nearest frequency peer: schnarcht (+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 “Schlosskirche”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Schlosskirche” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schlosskirche
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlosskirche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlɔsˌkɪʁçə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Schlosskirche” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schlosskircheliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „schnarcht“ (#50,865), „schlemmen“ (#50,862), „schnurren“ (#50,866). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlosskirche is uncommon German at frequency #50,864 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlɔsˌkɪʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu einem großen, prunkvollen Gebäude, das früher meist vom Adel bewohnt wurde, gehöriges Gotteshaus".

Schlosskirche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schlosskirche, spelled S-C-H-L-O-S-S-K-I-R-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu einem großen, prunkvollen Gebäude, das früher meist vom Adel bewohnt wurde, gehöriges Gotteshaus

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Schlosskirche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „1671 gelangte der Welfenschatz aus dem Braunschweiger Dom in die Schlosskirche zu Hannover, 1862 in das Welfenmuseum; 1930 wurde er verkauft.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schlosskirche"?
"Schlosskirche" is spelled S-C-H-L-O-S-S-K-I-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlɔsˌkɪʁçə].
What does "Schlosskirche" mean?
As a noun, "Schlosskirche" means: zu einem großen, prunkvollen Gebäude, das früher meist vom Adel bewohnt wurde, gehöriges Gotteshaus
How do you pronounce "Schlosskirche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlosskirche" is [ˈʃlɔsˌkɪʁçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlosskirche" come from?
"Schlosskirche" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schlosskirche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwarzfahren#50,869Siebenjährige#50,881signifikanter#50,882Spendengelder#50,893

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list