Schuldhaft
[ˈʃʊltˌhaft]
The verdict
“Schuldhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #69,670 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,670
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Haft für säumige Schuldner, Mittel zur Erzwingung einer urteilmäßigen Leistung, das dem heutigen „offenen Strafvollzug“ ähnlich ausgestaltet war
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schuldhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊltˌhaft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schuldhaft” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schuldhaft is uncommon German at frequency #69,670 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊltˌhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haft für säumige Schuldner, Mittel zur Erzwingung einer urteilmäßigen Leistung, das dem heutigen „offenen Strafvollzug“ ähnlich ausgestaltet war".
Schuldhaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schuldhaft, spelled S-C-H-U-L-D-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Haft für säumige Schuldner, Mittel zur Erzwingung einer urteilmäßigen Leistung, das dem heutigen „offenen Strafvollzug“ ähnlich ausgestaltet war
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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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Using “Schuldhaft”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-U-L-D-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.