Schlüsselwort
[ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Schlüsselwort” is uncommon German (frequency #54,862 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,862
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort oder Aussage als Kennwort oder Leitlinie für etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlusselwort · Schlüsselwort · German
Schlüsselwort · rank #54,862 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,862
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmiedet
Nearest frequency peer: schmiedet (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schlüsselwort“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- scharfem
scharfem
45,142 corpus weight
- Schlafes
Schlafes
45,141 corpus weight
- Schlüsselwo…
Schlüsselwort
45,139 corpus weight
- schmiedet
schmiedet
45,138 corpus weight
- schmäh
schmäh
45,137 corpus weight
- schreist
schreist
45,136 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schlüsselwort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlüsselwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #54,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schlüsselwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schlüsselwort is uncommon German at frequency #54,862 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃlʏsl̩ˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Schlüsselwort in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schlüsselwort, spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort oder Aussage als Kennwort oder Leitlinie für etwas
- 2eine von wenigen Zeichenketten unveränderlicher Bedeutung einer Programmiersprache
- 3Wort, das als Grundlage für die Chiffrierung von Texten genutzt wird
- 4Begriff aus der Linguistik der Werbesprache, der solche Wörter bezeichnet, die wie Hochwertwörter aufwertenden Charakter haben, zugleich aber „eine Schlüsselstellung im Gedanken- und Sprachfeld der Werbung einnehmen.“
- 5Begriff aus der Inhaltsanalyse: die sprachlichen Einheiten, die der Inhaltsanalyse besonders aufschlussreich für die latenten (d.h. nicht offenkundigen) Inhalte von Texten zu sein scheinen und die deshalb systematisch ausgewertet werden.
- 6ein geheimes Wort, das eine Tür oder einen anderen Zugang öffnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schlüsselwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Globalisierung ist ein Schlüsselwort der gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen.
Zum Stichwort „Bürgerinitiative“: „Schlüsselwörter dieser Mentalität waren Mitgestaltung, soziale Verantwortung, Engagement, Solidarität, Bewegung und ähnliche Anachronismen.“
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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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