schmuggelt
[ˈʃmʊɡl̩t]
The verdict
“schmuggelt” is uncommon German (frequency #67,664 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,664
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmuggeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmuggelt · schmuggelt · German
schmuggelt · rank #67,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,664
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmatzen
Nearest frequency peer: schmatzen (-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 “schmuggelt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schlittschuh
Schlittschuh
32,339 corpus weight
- schmatzen
schmatzen
32,338 corpus weight
- schmuggelt
schmuggelt
32,337 corpus weight
- Schnappatmu…
Schnappatmung
32,336 corpus weight
- Schnapsidee
Schnapsidee
32,335 corpus weight
- schnick
schnick
32,334 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schmuggelt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmuggelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmʊɡl̩t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “schmuggelt” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
schmuggelt is uncommon German at frequency #67,664 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmʊɡl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schmuggelt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schmuggelt, spelled S-C-H-M-U-G-G-E-L-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmuggeln
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmuggeln
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmuggeln
- 42. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmuggeln
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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