Schmelzwasser
[ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌvasɐ]
The verdict
“Schmelzwasser” is uncommon German (frequency #89,530 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,530
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser, das durch Schmelzen von Schnee oder Eis entstanden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmelzwasser · Schmelzwasser · German
Schmelzwasser · rank #89,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,530
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmerzlicher
Nearest frequency peer: schmerzlicher (+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 „Schmelzwasser“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schleimigen
schleimigen
10,474 corpus weight
- schlenderte
schlenderte
10,473 corpus weight
- Schmelzwass…
Schmelzwasser
10,471 corpus weight
- schmerzlich…
schmerzlicher
10,470 corpus weight
- schmieriger
schmieriger
10,469 corpus weight
- schnappten
schnappten
10,468 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schmelzwasser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmelzwasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌvasɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #89,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmelzwasser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schmelzwasser is uncommon German at frequency #89,530 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmɛlt͡sˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasser, das durch Schmelzen von Schnee oder Eis entstanden ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schmelzwasser in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schmelzwasser, spelled S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-W-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wasser, das durch Schmelzen von Schnee oder Eis entstanden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmelzwasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schmelzwasser führt im Frühjahr oft zu Hochwasser in den Flüssen.
„Der Schnee, der in den Wintermonaten aufs flache Land gefallen war, suchte sich im Sommer als Schmelzwasser seinen Weg, bis im Herbst neuer Schnee fiel und sich das Spiel wiederholte.“
This word in other languages
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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