Schönling
[ˈʃøːnlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Schönling” is uncommon German (frequency #97,672 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,672
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein besonders schöner, bunter Fisch (aus dem Mittelmeer)
Corpus desk
Index DE-schonling · Schönling · German
Schönling · rank #97,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,672
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schönheitsope…
Nearest frequency peer: Schönheitsoperationen (-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 „Schönling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schwoll
schwoll
2,332 corpus weight
- schwächeln
schwächeln
2,331 corpus weight
- Schönheitso…
Schönheitsoperationen
2,330 corpus weight
- Schönling
Schönling
2,329 corpus weight
- Schüttorf
Schüttorf
2,328 corpus weight
- scientia
scientia
2,327 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schönling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schönling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃøːnlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schönling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schönling is uncommon German at frequency #97,672 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃøːnlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schönling in our index, 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schönling, spelled S-C-H-Ö-N-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1ein besonders schöner, bunter Fisch (aus dem Mittelmeer)
- 2attraktiver junger Mann, der sich schön vorkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schönling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Seesaibling ist einer der schönsten Fische in den Schweizer Gewässern. Der Schönling ist vom Schweizerischen Fischerei-Verband zum Fisch des Jahres 2012 bestimmt worden. Er ist nicht nur schön, sondern auch beliebt – auch bei den Gourmetköchen.“
„Als Beau oder Adonis ist er der Schönling, als Roué der Wüstling, als Filou der Nichtsnutz der Gesellschaft.“
This word in other languages
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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