Schneck
[ʃnɛk]
The verdict
“Schneck” 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) - (in zahlreichen land- und wasserlebenden Arten vorkommendes) längliches Weichtier mit zwei Paar Fühlern am Kopf (wobei sich am Ende des oberen Paares die Augen befinden), auf dessen Rückenseite sic...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schneck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃnɛk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schneck” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schneck is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃnɛk]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Schneck doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Schneck, spelled S-C-H-N-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1(in zahlreichen land- und wasserlebenden Arten vorkommendes) längliches Weichtier mit zwei Paar Fühlern am Kopf (wobei sich am Ende des oberen Paares die Augen befinden), auf dessen Rückenseite sich häufig ein zumeist spiralförmig gewundenes, aus Kalk bestehendes Gehäuse befindet, und dessen landlebende Vertreter sich auf einer Spur selbst abgesonderten Schleims auf der bauchseitigen Kriechsohle sehr langsam fortbewegen
- 2(hübsches, niedliches) Kind, besonders ein Mädchen
- 3jemand, der (greis und) langsam ist; jemand, der sich (aufgrund des Alters, einer Krankheit oder dergleichen) langsam, mühsam und/oder unbeholfen bewegt
- 4über je einem Ohr spiralförmig (schneckenförmig) aufgerollter und festgesteckter Zopf
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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 “Schneck”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-E-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃnɛk] (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.