Schönheitsideal

[ˈʃøːnhaɪ̯t͡sʔideˌaːl]

/[ˈʃøːnhaɪ̯t͡sʔideˌaːl]/ noun

The verdict

“Schönheitsideal” is uncommon German (frequency #58,280 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,280
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das jemandem als das Ideal des Schönen vorschwebt

Corpus desk

Index DE-schonheitsideal · Schönheitsideal · German

Schönheitsideal · rank #58,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,280
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schärferen

Nearest frequency peer: schärferen (-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 „Schönheitsideal“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schönheitsideal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schönheitsideal
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchönheitsideal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃøːnhaɪ̯t͡sʔideˌaːl]
Letters15
Frequency rank#58,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schönheitsideal“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schönheitsidealfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schärferen“ (#58,279), „Schülerzahl“ (#58,281), „schämte“ (#58,278). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schönheitsideal“ bei #58,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schönheitsideal is uncommon German at frequency #58,280 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃøːnhaɪ̯t͡sʔideˌaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das jemandem als das Ideal des Schönen vorschwebt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schönheitsideal, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Schönheitsideal, spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-H-E-I-T-S-I-D-E-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, das jemandem als das Ideal des Schönen vorschwebt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schönheitsideal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Da Schönheit individuell ist, ist ein Schönheitsideal nicht festlegbar.
  2. Das Schönheitsideal des antiken Griechenlandes lässt sich noch heute an den Skulpturen aus dieser Zeit festmachen.

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 "Schönheitsideal"?
"Schönheitsideal" is spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-H-E-I-T-S-I-D-E-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃøːnhaɪ̯t͡sʔideˌaːl].
What does "Schönheitsideal" mean?
As a noun, "Schönheitsideal" means: etwas, das jemandem als das Ideal des Schönen vorschwebt
How do you pronounce "Schönheitsideal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schönheitsideal" is [ˈʃøːnhaɪ̯t͡sʔideˌaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schönheitsideal" come from?
"Schönheitsideal" 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 "Schönheitsideal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list