Schulamt
[ˈʃuːlˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Schulamt” is uncommon German (frequency #62,830 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,830
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aufsichtsbehörde für deutsche und Liechtensteiner Lehranstalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-schulamt · Schulamt · German
Schulamt · rank #62,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,830
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schnipsel
Nearest frequency peer: Schnipsel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Schulamt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schlüssello…
Schlüsselloch
37,174 corpus weight
- schmierig
schmierig
37,173 corpus weight
- Schnipsel
Schnipsel
37,172 corpus weight
- Schulamt
Schulamt
37,171 corpus weight
- Schuldgefüh…
Schuldgefühlen
37,170 corpus weight
- Schur
Schur
37,168 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schulamt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schulamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃuːlˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schulamt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schulamt is uncommon German at frequency #62,830 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːlˌʔamt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schulamt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schulamt, spelled S-C-H-U-L-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1Aufsichtsbehörde für deutsche und Liechtensteiner Lehranstalten
- 2Lehramt
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schulamt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.