Schulalter

[ˈʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]

/[ˈʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schulalter” is uncommon German (frequency #93,556 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,556
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise schulpflichtig sind (etwa ab 6 Jahren bis zur Pubertät)

Corpus desk

Index DE-schulalter · Schulalter · German

Schulalter · rank #93,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,556
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schreckschuss…

Nearest frequency peer: Schreckschusspistole (-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 „Schulalter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schulalter
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchulalter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,556
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schulalter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schulalterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schreckschusspistole“ (#93,555), „Schulanfänger“ (#93,557), „schonungslose“ (#93,554). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schulalter“ bei #93,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schulalter is uncommon German at frequency #93,556 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise schulpflichtig sind (etwa ab 6 Jahren bis zur Pubertät)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schulalter, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schulalter, spelled S-C-H-U-L-A-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise schulpflichtig sind (etwa ab 6 Jahren bis zur Pubertät)

Synonyms

Schüleralter

This word in other languages

school age(English)

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 "Schulalter"?
"Schulalter" is spelled S-C-H-U-L-A-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃuːlˌʔaltɐ].
What does "Schulalter" mean?
As a noun, "Schulalter" means: Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise schulpflichtig sind (etwa ab 6 Jahren bis zur Pubertät)
How do you pronounce "Schulalter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schulalter" is [ˈʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schulalter" come from?
"Schulalter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schmächtig#93,549schwammige#93,564Schwanheim#93,566Schlagring#93,541

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list