Schmalspurbahn
[ˈʃmaːlʃpuːɐ̯ˌbaːn]
The verdict
“Schmalspurbahn” is uncommon German (frequency #93,548 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,548
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bahn, deren Spurweite kleiner als die Normalspur ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmalspurbahn · Schmalspurbahn · German
Schmalspurbahn · rank #93,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,548
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schleudertrau…
Nearest frequency peer: Schleudertrauma (-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 “Schmalspurbahn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schleimer
Schleimer
6,456 corpus weight
- schleppenden
schleppenden
6,455 corpus weight
- Schleudertr…
Schleudertrauma
6,454 corpus weight
- Schmalspurb…
Schmalspurbahn
6,453 corpus weight
- schmächtig
schmächtig
6,452 corpus weight
- Schnellboot
Schnellboot
6,451 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schmalspurbahn” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmalspurbahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmaːlʃpuːɐ̯ˌbaːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #93,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schmalspurbahn” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schmalspurbahn is uncommon German at frequency #93,548 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmaːlʃpuːɐ̯ˌbaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bahn, deren Spurweite kleiner als die Normalspur ist".
Schmalspurbahn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schmalspurbahn, spelled S-C-H-M-A-L-S-P-U-R-B-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Bahn, deren Spurweite kleiner als die Normalspur ist
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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.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schmalspurbahn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.