schuppig
[ˈʃʊpɪç]
The verdict
“schuppig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uneben, oftmals durch kleine, hochstehende Hautablösungen gekennzeichnet
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuppig · schuppig · German
schuppig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schuppig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊpɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schuppig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schuppig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃʊpɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schuppig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schuppig, spelled S-C-H-U-P-P-I-G.
Definition
- 1uneben, oftmals durch kleine, hochstehende Hautablösungen gekennzeichnet
- 2mit Schuppen bedeckt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schuppig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Gesicht ist rot und schuppig und zeigt dicke Lidfalten.“
„Wenn also der Körper zu wenig Selen zur Verfügung hat, dann kann es dazu kommen, dass er beispielsweise eine schuppige Haut hat, keine Kinder kriegen kann, nicht groß und kräftig heranwächst, sich leichter eine Erkältung einfängt oder auch dass er schneller herzkrank wird.“
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.