schonungslose

[ˈʃoːnʊŋsˌloːzə]

/[ˈʃoːnʊŋsˌloːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schonungslose” is uncommon German (frequency #93,554 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,554
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos

Corpus desk

Index DE-schonungslose · schonungslose · German

schonungslose · rank #93,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,554
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schnupftabak

Nearest frequency peer: Schnupftabak (-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 „schonungslose“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schonungslose
PropertyValue
Headwordschonungslose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃoːnʊŋsˌloːzə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,554
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schonungslose“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schnupftabak“ (#93,553), „Schreckschusspistole“ (#93,555), „schnorr“ (#93,552). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schonungslose“ bei #93,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schonungslose is uncommon German at frequency #93,554 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃoːnʊŋsˌloːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for schonungslose in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schonungslose, spelled S-C-H-O-N-U-N-G-S-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos

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 "schonungslose"?
"schonungslose" is spelled S-C-H-O-N-U-N-G-S-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃoːnʊŋsˌloːzə].
What does "schonungslose" mean?
As an adjective, "schonungslose" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schonungslos
How do you pronounce "schonungslose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schonungslose" is [ˈʃoːnʊŋsˌloːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schonungslose" come from?
"schonungslose" 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 "schonungslose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list