Schnuller
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#49,233
in German word usage
Misspellings
13
tracked variants
Confusables
12
similar word pairs
Schnuller is aGermannoun. It means: Gegenstand aus teils Latex oder Silikon, teils Gummi oder Kunststoff, an dem Babys oder Kleinkinder saugen, um ihr Saugbedürfnis zu stillen (und sie damit zu beruhigen) Pronounced [ˈʃnʊlɐ]. Often confused with Schüler and Schulter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnuller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnʊlɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schnuller is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃnʊlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,233 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Schnuller, with forms such as "cshnuller", "scchnuller", and "schhnuller". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Schüler", "Schulter", "Schwuler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schnuller, spelled S-C-H-N-U-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand aus teils Latex oder Silikon, teils Gummi oder Kunststoff, an dem Babys oder Kleinkinder saugen, um ihr Saugbedürfnis zu stillen (und sie damit zu beruhigen)
- 2die mütterliche Brustwarze nachahmender Aufsatz aus Latex oder Silikon mit einem Loch, der auf eine Flaschenkopf gestülpt oder geschraubt wird, damit Säuglinge und Kleinkinder aus der Flasche ihr Trinken (vor allem Milch) saugen können
- 3männliches Geschlechtsorgan
- 4Pfeife zum Rauchen von Tabak
- 5mit grob geschnittenem oder gerissenem Tabak gefüllte dicke, lange Hülle aus einem Tabakblatt zum Rauchen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cshnuller,scchnuller,schhnuller,schnluler,schnnuller,schnulelr,schnuler,schnullerr,schnullre,schunller,scnhuller,shcnuller,sschnuller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Schnuller
Misspelling Variants of "Schnuller"
Frequency rank: #49,233 in German
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Nearby German words
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