Schluckauf
[ˈʃlʊkˌʔaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Schluckauf” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,257
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unwillkürliches, ruckartiges Einatmen bei gleichzeitigem Von-sich-Geben von glucksenden Geräuschen, hervorgerufen durch ruckartiges Zusammenziehen des Zwerchfells (ähnlich wie beim Husten)
Corpus desk
Index DE-schluckauf · Schluckauf · German
Schluckauf · rank #46,257 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,257
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schleuser
Nearest frequency peer: Schleuser (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Schluckauf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schimpfwört…
Schimpfwörter
53,747 corpus weight
- Schland
Schland
53,746 corpus weight
- Schleuser
Schleuser
53,745 corpus weight
- Schluckauf
Schluckauf
53,744 corpus weight
- Schlusspunkt
Schlusspunkt
53,743 corpus weight
- Schneiderin
Schneiderin
53,742 corpus weight
What this shows „Schluckauf“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schluckauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlʊkˌʔaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #46,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Schluckauf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Schluckauf (IPA [ˈʃlʊkˌʔaʊ̯f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,257 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unwillkürliches, ruckartiges Einatmen bei gleichzeitigem Von-sich-Geben von glucksenden Geräuschen, hervorgerufen durch ruckartiges Zusammenziehen des Zwerchfells (ähnlich wie beim Husten)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Schluckauf, with forms such as "cshluckauf", "scchluckauf", and "schhluckauf". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schluckauf, spelled S-C-H-L-U-C-K-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1unwillkürliches, ruckartiges Einatmen bei gleichzeitigem Von-sich-Geben von glucksenden Geräuschen, hervorgerufen durch ruckartiges Zusammenziehen des Zwerchfells (ähnlich wie beim Husten)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schluckauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schluckauf geht meistens schnell vorüber.
Ein anhaltender Schluckauf ist ziemlich lästig.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshluckauf
- scchluckauf
- schhluckauf
- schlcukauf
- schlluckauf
- schlucakuf
- schlucckauf
- schluckafu
- schluckauff
- schluckkauf
- schluckuaf
- schlukcauf
- schulckauf
- sclhuckauf
- shcluckauf
- sschluckauf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Schluckauf - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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