Schreihälse

[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhɛlzə]

/[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhɛlzə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schreihälse” is uncommon German (frequency #96,220 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,220
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schreihals

Corpus desk

Index DE-schreihalse · Schreihälse · German

Schreihälse · rank #96,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,220
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schortens

Nearest frequency peer: Schortens (-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 „Schreihälse“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schreihälse
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchreihälse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhɛlzə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#96,220
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schreihälse“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schreihälsefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schortens“ (#96,219), „Schriftwechsel“ (#96,221), „Schonfrist“ (#96,217). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schreihälse“ bei #96,220. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schreihälse is uncommon German at frequency #96,220 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhɛlzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Schreihälse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schreihälse, spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-H-Ä-L-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schreihals
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schreihals
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schreihals

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 "Schreihälse"?
"Schreihälse" is spelled S-C-H-R-E-I-H-Ä-L-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhɛlzə].
What does "Schreihälse" mean?
As a noun, "Schreihälse" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schreihals
How do you pronounce "Schreihälse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schreihälse" is [ˈʃʁaɪ̯ˌhɛlzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schreihälse" come from?
"Schreihälse" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schreihälse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schmuggelte#96,211schwangerer#96,229Sendemasten#96,248Siebenkampf#96,258

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list