Schmeicheleien

[ʃmaɪ̯çəˈlaɪ̯ən]

/[ʃmaɪ̯çəˈlaɪ̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schmeicheleien” is uncommon German (frequency #94,831 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,831
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schmeichelei

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmeicheleien · Schmeicheleien · German

Schmeicheleien · rank #94,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,831
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schlürft

Nearest frequency peer: schlürft (-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 „Schmeicheleien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schmeicheleien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schmeicheleien
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchmeicheleien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃmaɪ̯çəˈlaɪ̯ən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#94,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmeicheleien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schmeicheleienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schlürft“ (#94,830), „schmerzhaftes“ (#94,832), „Schlussverkauf“ (#94,829). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schmeicheleien“ bei #94,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schmeicheleien is uncommon German at frequency #94,831 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃmaɪ̯çəˈlaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Schmeicheleien doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schmeicheleien, spelled S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-E-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schmeichelei
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schmeichelei
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schmeichelei
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schmeichelei

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schlussverkauf#94,829Schlussbericht#94,828schicksalhafte#94,818Schweinsbraten#94,847

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list