Schrot

[ʃʁoːt]

/[ʃʁoːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schrot” is uncommon German (frequency #59,156 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,156
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Granulat, grobkörniges Brucherzeugnis eines Getreides

Corpus desk

Index DE-schrot · Schrot · German

Schrot · rank #59,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,156
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schrittweisen

Nearest frequency peer: schrittweisen (-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 „Schrot“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schrot
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchrot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃʁoːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schrot“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schrittweisen“ (#59,155), „Schulbehörde“ (#59,157), „Schrifttum“ (#59,154). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schrot“ bei #59,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schrot is uncommon German at frequency #59,156 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃʁoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Schrot has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schrot, spelled S-C-H-R-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Granulat, grobkörniges Brucherzeugnis eines Getreides
  2. 2
    Munition für Waffen aus feinen (Blei-)Kügelchen oder -Stücken in einer Sammelpatrone
  3. 3
    Gesamtmasse einer Münze

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schrot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der zu Schrot gemahlene Weizen wird in Wasser eingeweicht.
  2. Wir schießen mit Schrot.

Synonyms

BruttogewichtRaugewicht

Antonyms

FeingewichtKornNettogewicht

This word in other languages

meal(English)perdigón(Español)plomb(Français)

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 "Schrot"?
"Schrot" is spelled S-C-H-R-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʁoːt].
What does "Schrot" mean?
As a noun, "Schrot" means: Granulat, grobkörniges Brucherzeugnis eines Getreides
How do you pronounce "Schrot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schrot" is [ʃʁoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schrot" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

selbes#59,174Senate#59,175Septum#59,178sacred#59,133

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list