schnüffelt

[ˈʃnʏfl̩t]

/[ˈʃnʏfl̩t]/ verb

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The verdict

“schnüffelt” is uncommon German (frequency #85,813 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,813
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüffeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-schnuffelt · schnüffelt · German

schnüffelt · rank #85,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,813
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schnurgerade

Nearest frequency peer: schnurgerade (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “schnüffelt”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “schnüffelt” sits against similarly uncommon German ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schnüffelt
PropertyValue
Headwordschnüffelt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃnʏfl̩t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,813
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “schnüffelt” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schnüffeltliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „schnurgerade“ (#85,812), „Schokoladenkuchen“ (#85,814), „schnellte“ (#85,811). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schnüffelt is uncommon German at frequency #85,813 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃnʏfl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schnüffelt, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 schnüffelt, spelled S-C-H-N-Ü-F-F-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüffeln
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüffeln
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüffeln
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüffeln

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 "schnüffelt"?
"schnüffelt" is spelled S-C-H-N-Ü-F-F-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃnʏfl̩t].
What does "schnüffelt" mean?
As a verb, "schnüffelt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüffeln
How do you pronounce "schnüffelt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schnüffelt" is [ˈʃnʏfl̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schnüffelt" come from?
"schnüffelt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schlaflied#85,803Schwarztee#85,823Schadstoff#85,796Semifinale#85,839

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list