Schlüsselloch
[ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌlɔx]
The verdict
“Schlüsselloch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #62,827 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,827
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Öffnung eines Schlosses, in welches ein Gegenstand zu Öffnung desjenigen eingesteckt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlüsselloch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌlɔx] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #62,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schlüsselloch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schlüsselloch is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌlɔx]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,827 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Öffnung eines Schlosses, in welches ein Gegenstand zu Öffnung desjenigen eingesteckt wird".
Schlüsselloch has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schlüsselloch, spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-L-O-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Öffnung eines Schlosses, in welches ein Gegenstand zu Öffnung desjenigen eingesteckt wird
This word in other languages
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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Using “Schlüsselloch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-L-O-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌlɔx] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.