schraub

[ʃʁaʊ̯p]

/[ʃʁaʊ̯p]/ verb

The verdict

“schraub” is uncommon German (frequency #76,136 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,136
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schrauben

Corpus desk

Index DE-schraub · schraub · German

schraub · rank #76,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,136
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schonender

Nearest frequency peer: schonender (-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 „schraub“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schraub
PropertyValue
Headwordschraub
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃʁaʊ̯p]
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schraub“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schraubfällt 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: „schonender“ (#76,135), „schriebst“ (#76,137), „Schriftstellerei“ (#76,138). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schraub“ bei #76,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schraub is uncommon German at frequency #76,136 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃʁaʊ̯p]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schrauben".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schraub, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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, 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 schraub, spelled S-C-H-R-A-U-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schrauben

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 "schraub"?
"schraub" is spelled S-C-H-R-A-U-B. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʁaʊ̯p].
What does "schraub" mean?
As a verb, "schraub" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schrauben
How do you pronounce "schraub"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schraub" is [ʃʁaʊ̯p]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schraub" come from?
"schraub" 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 "schraub", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list