Schmetterlings
[ˈʃmɛtɐlɪŋs]
The verdict
“Schmetterlings” is uncommon German (frequency #68,644 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,644
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schmetterling
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmetterlings · Schmetterlings · German
Schmetterlings · rank #68,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,644
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmeichel
Nearest frequency peer: schmeichel (-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 „Schmetterlings“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- scheme
scheme
31,360 corpus weight
- Schlachtfel…
Schlachtfeldern
31,359 corpus weight
- schmeichel
schmeichel
31,358 corpus weight
- Schmetterli…
Schmetterlings
31,357 corpus weight
- Schniedel
Schniedel
31,355 corpus weight
- Schnittwund…
Schnittwunden
31,354 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schmetterlings“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmetterlings |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛtɐlɪŋs] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #68,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmetterlings“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schmetterlings is uncommon German at frequency #68,644 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmɛtɐlɪŋs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schmetterling".
Schmetterlings has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schmetterlings, spelled S-C-H-M-E-T-T-E-R-L-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schmetterling
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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