Schneckentempo

[ˈʃnɛkn̩ˌtɛmpo]

/[ˈʃnɛkn̩ˌtɛmpo]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schneckentempo” is uncommon German (frequency #83,264 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,264
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ganz geringe Geschwindigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-schneckentempo · Schneckentempo · German

Schneckentempo · rank #83,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,264
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmettern

Nearest frequency peer: schmettern (-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 „Schneckentempo“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schneckentempo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schneckentempo
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchneckentempo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃnɛkn̩ˌtɛmpo]
Letters14
Frequency rank#83,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schneckentempo“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schneckentempofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmettern“ (#83,263), „Schneverdingen“ (#83,265), „schmeckten“ (#83,262). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schneckentempo“ bei #83,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schneckentempo is uncommon German at frequency #83,264 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnɛkn̩ˌtɛmpo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ganz geringe Geschwindigkeit".

Schneckentempo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schneckentempo, spelled S-C-H-N-E-C-K-E-N-T-E-M-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ganz geringe Geschwindigkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schneckentempo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Endlich fand ich eine Toilette, musste jedoch feststellen, dass die Warteschlange sich im Schneckentempo vorwärtsbewegte.“
  2. „Getrieben von den Studenten, wagt sich die Lehre eher im Schneckentempo in die Ist-Zeit.“

Antonyms

Wahnsinnstempo

This word in other languages

snail's pace(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schneckentempo"?
"Schneckentempo" is spelled S-C-H-N-E-C-K-E-N-T-E-M-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃnɛkn̩ˌtɛmpo].
What does "Schneckentempo" mean?
As a noun, "Schneckentempo" means: ganz geringe Geschwindigkeit
How do you pronounce "Schneckentempo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schneckentempo" is [ˈʃnɛkn̩ˌtɛmpo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schneckentempo" come from?
"Schneckentempo" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schneckentempo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schneverdingen#83,265Schlosskapelle#83,260Schrotthändler#83,270Schutzumschlag#83,276

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list