Schmetterball
[ˈʃmɛtɐˌbal]
The verdict
“Schmetterball” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr schnell gespielter Ball, der schwer abwehrbar ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmetterball · Schmetterball · German
Schmetterball · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmetterball |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛtɐˌbal] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schmetterball” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schmetterball is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmɛtɐˌbal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr schnell gespielter Ball, der schwer abwehrbar ist".
Schmetterball doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schmetterball, spelled S-C-H-M-E-T-T-E-R-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1sehr schnell gespielter Ball, der schwer abwehrbar ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schmetterball appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine dauernden Schmetterbälle brachten seinen Gegner an den Rand der Verzweiflung.
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