schmückten
[ˈʃmʏktn̩]
The verdict
“schmückten” is uncommon German (frequency #66,663 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,663
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schmücken
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmuckten · schmückten · German
schmückten · rank #66,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,663
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schleppten
Nearest frequency peer: schleppten (-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 „schmückten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schlaffe
schlaffe
33,342 corpus weight
- Schlagworten
Schlagworten
33,341 corpus weight
- schleppten
schleppten
33,339 corpus weight
- schmückten
schmückten
33,338 corpus weight
- Schnittchen
Schnittchen
33,336 corpus weight
- Schnürchen
Schnürchen
33,335 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schmückten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmückten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmʏktn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmückten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmückten is uncommon German at frequency #66,663 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmʏktn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
schmückten has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schmückten, spelled S-C-H-M-Ü-C-K-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schmücken
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schmücken
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schmücken
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schmücken
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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