Schuhspanner
[ˈʃuːˌʃpanɐ]
The verdict
“Schuhspanner” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, das nach dem Tragen in den Schuh geklemmt wird, damit dieser seine Form behält
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuhspanner · Schuhspanner · German
Schuhspanner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schuhspanner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃuːˌʃpanɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schuhspanner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schuhspanner is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːˌʃpanɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, das nach dem Tragen in den Schuh geklemmt wird, damit dieser seine Form behält".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schuhspanner, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schuhspanner, spelled S-C-H-U-H-S-P-A-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät, das nach dem Tragen in den Schuh geklemmt wird, damit dieser seine Form behält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schuhspanner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn die Schuhe naß werden, sollte man ihnen sogar 48 Stunden Ruhe gönnen - mit einem hölzernen Schuhspanner ausgeleistet, versteht sich.“
„Ich riß die Tür des Kleiderschranks schnell auf, um dem Spiegel zu entgehen: Nichts mehr von Marie im Schrank, nichts mehr, nicht einmal mehr ein Schuhspanner oder ein Gürtel, wie ihn Frauen manchmal hängen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.