schmunzelnd
[ˈʃmʊnt͡sl̩nt]
The verdict
“schmunzelnd” is uncommon German (frequency #53,215 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,215
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs schmunzeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmunzelnd · schmunzelnd · German
schmunzelnd · rank #53,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,215
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmolz
Nearest frequency peer: schmolz (-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 „schmunzelnd“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schlüssige
schlüssige
46,789 corpus weight
- schmerzliche
schmerzliche
46,788 corpus weight
- schmolz
schmolz
46,787 corpus weight
- schmunzelnd
schmunzelnd
46,786 corpus weight
- Schnuppe
Schnuppe
46,785 corpus weight
- schrumpfte
schrumpfte
46,784 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schmunzelnd“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmunzelnd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmʊnt͡sl̩nt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmunzelnd“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmunzelnd is uncommon German at frequency #53,215 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmʊnt͡sl̩nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs schmunzeln".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schmunzelnd, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schmunzelnd, spelled S-C-H-M-U-N-Z-E-L-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs schmunzeln
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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