Schössling
[ˈʃœslɪŋ]
The verdict
“Schössling” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - länglicher junger Auswuchs am Stamm eines Baumes oder Strauches
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schössling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃœslɪŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schössling” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schössling is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃœslɪŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "länglicher junger Auswuchs am Stamm eines Baumes oder Strauches".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schössling, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Schössling, spelled S-C-H-Ö-S-S-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1länglicher junger Auswuchs am Stamm eines Baumes oder Strauches
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Schössling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-Ö-S-S-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.