schmeichelhaft
[ˈʃmaɪ̯çl̩haft]
The verdict
“schmeichelhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #52,400 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,400
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es Ansehen steigert und Aussehen positiv hervorhebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmeichelhaft · schmeichelhaft · German
schmeichelhaft · rank #52,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,400
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schlichen
Nearest frequency peer: schlichen (-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 „schmeichelhaft“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schlammschl…
Schlammschlacht
47,604 corpus weight
- Schleichwer…
Schleichwerbung
47,603 corpus weight
- schlichen
schlichen
47,602 corpus weight
- schmeichelh…
schmeichelhaft
47,601 corpus weight
- Schneedecke
Schneedecke
47,600 corpus weight
- schnellster
schnellster
47,599 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schmeichelhaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmeichelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃmaɪ̯çl̩haft] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #52,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmeichelhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmeichelhaft is uncommon German at frequency #52,400 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃmaɪ̯çl̩haft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es Ansehen steigert und Aussehen positiv hervorhebt".
schmeichelhaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 schmeichelhaft, spelled S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1so, dass es Ansehen steigert und Aussehen positiv hervorhebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schmeichelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kommentar ihres Schwiegervaters war wenig schmeichelhaft. Die verstehen sich wohl wirklich nicht so gut.
Das ist aber eine richtig schmeichelhafte Aufnahme von dir, du siehst glatt fünf Jahre jünger aus!
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).