schmerzliche

[ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪçə]

/[ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪçə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schmerzliche” is uncommon German (frequency #53,213 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,213
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmerzliche · schmerzliche · German

schmerzliche · rank #53,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,213
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schlüssige

Nearest frequency peer: schlüssige (-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 „schmerzliche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schmerzliche
PropertyValue
Headwordschmerzliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪçə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#53,213
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schmerzliche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schmerzlichefällt 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: „schlüssige“ (#53,212), „schmolz“ (#53,214), „Schlagersänger“ (#53,211). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schmerzliche“ bei #53,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schmerzliche is uncommon German at frequency #53,213 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for schmerzliche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schmerzliche, spelled S-C-H-M-E-R-Z-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich

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 "schmerzliche"?
"schmerzliche" is spelled S-C-H-M-E-R-Z-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪçə].
What does "schmerzliche" mean?
As an adjective, "schmerzliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schmerzlich
How do you pronounce "schmerzliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schmerzliche" is [ˈʃmɛʁt͡slɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schmerzliche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schmerzliche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list