Schnupftabak
[ˈʃnʊp͡fˌtaːbak]
The verdict
“Schnupftabak” is uncommon German (frequency #93,553 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,553
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr fein gemahlener Tabak, der durch Einatmen in die Nasenlöcher konsumiert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnupftabak · Schnupftabak · German
Schnupftabak · rank #93,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,553
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schnorr
Nearest frequency peer: schnorr (-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 „Schnupftabak“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schnellboot
Schnellboot
6,451 corpus weight
- schnelllebi…
schnelllebigen
6,450 corpus weight
- schnorr
schnorr
6,449 corpus weight
- Schnupftabak
Schnupftabak
6,448 corpus weight
- schonungslo…
schonungslose
6,447 corpus weight
- Schreckschu…
Schreckschusspistole
6,446 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schnupftabak“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnupftabak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnʊp͡fˌtaːbak] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #93,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnupftabak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnupftabak is uncommon German at frequency #93,553 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnʊp͡fˌtaːbak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr fein gemahlener Tabak, der durch Einatmen in die Nasenlöcher konsumiert wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schnupftabak in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schnupftabak, spelled S-C-H-N-U-P-F-T-A-B-A-K.
Definition
- 1sehr fein gemahlener Tabak, der durch Einatmen in die Nasenlöcher konsumiert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnupftabak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit mindestens 500 Jahren weiß in Bayern jedes Kind, dass das Bier sowie der Schnupftabak die Sorgen und den Grant vertreiben.“
„Die Spione haben sich Schnupftabak in die Augen gerieben, damit diese rot und entzündet aussehen.“
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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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