Schreckgespenst
[ˈʃʁɛkɡəˌʃpɛnst]
The verdict
“Schreckgespenst” is uncommon German (frequency #58,268 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,268
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein (übernatürliches/unnatürliches) Wesen, das einem Angst macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-schreckgespenst · Schreckgespenst · German
Schreckgespenst · rank #58,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,268
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schrebergarten
Nearest frequency peer: Schrebergarten (-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 „Schreckgespenst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schneeflocke
Schneeflocke
41,736 corpus weight
- Schnüre
Schnüre
41,735 corpus weight
- Schrebergar…
Schrebergarten
41,734 corpus weight
- Schreckgesp…
Schreckgespenst
41,733 corpus weight
- schreienden
schreienden
41,732 corpus weight
- Schuljahre
Schuljahre
41,731 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schreckgespenst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schreckgespenst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁɛkɡəˌʃpɛnst] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #58,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreckgespenst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schreckgespenst is uncommon German at frequency #58,268 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁɛkɡəˌʃpɛnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schreckgespenst, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schreckgespenst, spelled S-C-H-R-E-C-K-G-E-S-P-E-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1ein (übernatürliches/unnatürliches) Wesen, das einem Angst macht
- 2eine Sache oder ein Ereignis, die Schrecken, Unruhe und Angst verbreiten, abgeleitet von [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schreckgespenst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Schreckgespenst verfolgte ihn in seinen Träumen.
Das Schreckgespenst hat sich heute wieder mit Schminke vollgeschmiert, so dass, wenn man ihr auf den Rücken schlägt, eine große Staubwolke entsteht.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).