Schnake
[ˈʃnaːkə]
The verdict
“Schnake” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht stechendes Insekt aus der Familie der Tipulidae
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnaːkə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schnake” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schnake is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃnaːkə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schnake in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schnake, spelled S-C-H-N-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1nicht stechendes Insekt aus der Familie der Tipulidae
- 2(in vielen Arten vorkommende) sich insbesondere in stehenden Gewässern entwickelnde dünnleibige, langbeinige Mücke mit Fühlern und Stechrüssel (Culicidae), deren Männchen Pflanzensaft und deren Weibchen Tier- und Menschenblut saugen, wodurch oft gefährliche Krankheiten übertragen werden
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Schnake”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-A-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃnaːkə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.