Schmalseite
[ˈʃmaːlˌzaɪ̯tə]
The verdict
“Schmalseite” is uncommon German (frequency #97,647 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,647
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmale (weniger ausgedehnte) Seite eines länglichen Gegenstands
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmalseite · Schmalseite · German
Schmalseite · rank #97,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,647
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schmeichelei
Nearest frequency peer: Schmeichelei (+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 “Schmalseite”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schimpfworte
Schimpfworte
2,357 corpus weight
- schipper
schipper
2,356 corpus weight
- Schmalseite
Schmalseite
2,354 corpus weight
- Schmeichelei
Schmeichelei
2,353 corpus weight
- schmucklosen
schmucklosen
2,352 corpus weight
- schnall
schnall
2,351 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schmalseite” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmalseite |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmaːlˌzaɪ̯tə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schmalseite” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schmalseite is uncommon German at frequency #97,647 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmaːlˌzaɪ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmale (weniger ausgedehnte) Seite eines länglichen Gegenstands".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schmalseite in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Schmalseite, spelled S-C-H-M-A-L-S-E-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1schmale (weniger ausgedehnte) Seite eines länglichen Gegenstands
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmalseite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie saßen wieder am Küchentisch, der mit dem gelben Wachstuch bedeckt war, und Josey stand an der Schmalseite des Tischs und hatte die Arme verschränkt.“
„Ein paar kleine Sofas standen wie früher an den Schmalseiten einander gegenüber, während zwei größere die Mitte der Längswand einnahmen und nichts als die vergoldete Rokokodoppeltür zwischen sich hatten.“
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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