Schulfach
[ˈʃuːlˌfax]
The verdict
“Schulfach” is uncommon German (frequency #59,160 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,160
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fachrichtung, die in der Schule als mehr oder weniger abgegrenzte Einheit gelehrt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schulfach · Schulfach · German
Schulfach · rank #59,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,160
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schuldienst
Nearest frequency peer: Schuldienst (-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 “Schulfach”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schulbehörde
Schulbehörde
40,844 corpus weight
- schuldest
schuldest
40,843 corpus weight
- Schuldienst
Schuldienst
40,842 corpus weight
- Schulfach
Schulfach
40,841 corpus weight
- Schwerverle…
Schwerverletzten
40,839 corpus weight
- schändlich
schändlich
40,838 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schulfach” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schulfach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃuːlˌfax] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schulfach” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schulfach is uncommon German at frequency #59,160 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːlˌfax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fachrichtung, die in der Schule als mehr oder weniger abgegrenzte Einheit gelehrt wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schulfach, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schulfach, spelled S-C-H-U-L-F-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Fachrichtung, die in der Schule als mehr oder weniger abgegrenzte Einheit gelehrt wird
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.