Schlückchen

[ˈʃlʏkçən]

/[ˈʃlʏkçən]/ noun

The verdict

“Schlückchen” is uncommon German (frequency #99,051 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,051
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Schluck

Corpus desk

Index DE-schluckchen · Schlückchen · German

Schlückchen · rank #99,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,051
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlupfwinkel

Nearest frequency peer: Schlupfwinkel (-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 “Schlückchen”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Schlückchen” 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 Schlückchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchlückchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃlʏkçən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Schlückchen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Schlupfwinkel“ (#99,050), „Schmackes“ (#99,052), „schlingern“ (#99,049). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schlückchen is uncommon German at frequency #99,051 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlʏkçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Schluck".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Schlückchen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schlückchen, spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-C-K-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Schluck

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er nippte daran, nahm kleine Schlückchen und beobachtete Mr. Mullins über den Tassenrand hinweg.“
  2. „Dann tranken sie beide ein Schlückchen.“

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 "Schlückchen"?
"Schlückchen" is spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-C-K-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlʏkçən].
What does "Schlückchen" mean?
As a noun, "Schlückchen" means: kleiner Schluck
How do you pronounce "Schlückchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schlückchen" is [ˈʃlʏkçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schlückchen" come from?
"Schlückchen" 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 "Schlückchen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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