Schriftform
[ˈʃʁɪftˌfɔʁm]
The verdict
“Schriftform” is uncommon German (frequency #56,511 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,511
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art der Gestaltung einer Schriftart
Corpus desk
Index DE-schriftform · Schriftform · German
Schriftform · rank #56,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,511
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schornsteine
Nearest frequency peer: Schornsteine (-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 „Schriftform“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schneeball
Schneeball
43,493 corpus weight
- schnurstrac…
schnurstracks
43,492 corpus weight
- Schornsteine
Schornsteine
43,491 corpus weight
- Schriftform
Schriftform
43,490 corpus weight
- schuldenfrei
schuldenfrei
43,489 corpus weight
- Schuldners
Schuldners
43,488 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schriftform“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schriftform |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʁɪftˌfɔʁm] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schriftform“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schriftform is uncommon German at frequency #56,511 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʁɪftˌfɔʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schriftform, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schriftform, spelled S-C-H-R-I-F-T-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Art der Gestaltung einer Schriftart
- 2Schriftart (im Unterschied zu einer anderen)
- 3in schriftlicher Form
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schriftform appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Allerdings konnten die Schriftformen nicht »Spielball von Laune und Mode« werden, weil sonst auf Grund der damaligen politischen Zwiespältigkeiten die Gefahr bestanden hätte, daß der Süden nicht lesen könnte, was der Norden geschrieben hat.“
„Das Ideal stellt eine rhythmisch wirkende Schrift dar, in der die Schriftform gut von der Bewegung getragen wird, ohne dass eine Formauflösung eintritt.“
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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