Schnörkel
[ˈʃnœʁkl̩]
The verdict
“Schnörkel” is uncommon German (frequency #82,102 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,102
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - geschwungene Verzierung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnörkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnœʁkl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schnörkel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schnörkel is uncommon German at frequency #82,102 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnœʁkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Schnörkel has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schnörkel, spelled S-C-H-N-Ö-R-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1geschwungene Verzierung
- 2schneckenförmige Verzierung der Geigen
Synonyms
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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 “Schnörkel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-Ö-R-K-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃnœʁkl̩] (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
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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.