Schnorchel
[ˈʃnɔʁçl̩]
The verdict
“Schnorchel” is an uncommon German word, ranked #82,100 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,100
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - technische Vorrichtung, oft rohrförmig, die es Personen oder Fahrzeugen erlaubt, sich unter der Wasseroberfläche zu bewegen und dennoch Luft zum Atmen aufzunehmen beziehungsweise für den Motor anzu...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnorchel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnɔʁçl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schnorchel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schnorchel is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃnɔʁçl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,100 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "technische Vorrichtung, oft rohrförmig, die es Personen oder Fahrzeugen erlaubt, sich unter der Wasseroberfläche zu bewegen und dennoch Luft zum Atmen aufzunehmen beziehungsweise für den Motor anzu...".
Schnorchel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schnorchel, spelled S-C-H-N-O-R-C-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1technische Vorrichtung, oft rohrförmig, die es Personen oder Fahrzeugen erlaubt, sich unter der Wasseroberfläche zu bewegen und dennoch Luft zum Atmen aufzunehmen beziehungsweise für den Motor anzusaugen
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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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Using “Schnorchel”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-O-R-C-H-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃnɔʁçl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.