Schmiergelder
[ˈʃmiːɐ̯ˌɡɛldɐ]
The verdict
“Schmiergelder” is uncommon German (frequency #94,834 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,834
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schmiergeld
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmiergelder · Schmiergelder · German
Schmiergelder · rank #94,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,834
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmerzvoll
Nearest frequency peer: schmerzvoll (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schmiergelder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schmeichele…
Schmeicheleien
5,170 corpus weight
- schmerzhaft…
schmerzhaftes
5,169 corpus weight
- schmerzvoll
schmerzvoll
5,168 corpus weight
- Schmiergeld…
Schmiergelder
5,167 corpus weight
- schmink
schmink
5,166 corpus weight
- Schmähungen
Schmähungen
5,165 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schmiergelder” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmiergelder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmiːɐ̯ˌɡɛldɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #94,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Schmiergelder” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Schmiergelder is uncommon German at frequency #94,834 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmiːɐ̯ˌɡɛldɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schmiergelder, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schmiergelder, spelled S-C-H-M-I-E-R-G-E-L-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schmiergeld
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schmiergeld
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schmiergeld
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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