Schutzanzug

[ˈʃʊt͡sʔanˌt͡suːk]

/[ˈʃʊt͡sʔanˌt͡suːk]/ noun

The verdict

“Schutzanzug” is uncommon German (frequency #88,261 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,261
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kleidungsstück zum Überziehen, das vor bestimmten Gefahren schützen soll

Corpus desk

Index DE-schutzanzug · Schutzanzug · German

Schutzanzug · rank #88,261 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,261
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schraubstock

Nearest frequency peer: Schraubstock (-2 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 „Schutzanzug“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schutzanzug
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchutzanzug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃʊt͡sʔanˌt͡suːk]
Letters11
Frequency rank#88,261
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schutzanzug“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schutzanzugfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schraubstock“ (#88,259), „schwelgt“ (#88,263), „schnorcheln“ (#88,258). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schutzanzug“ bei #88,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schutzanzug is uncommon German at frequency #88,261 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sʔanˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kleidungsstück zum Überziehen, das vor bestimmten Gefahren schützen soll".

Schutzanzug doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schutzanzug, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-A-N-Z-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kleidungsstück zum Überziehen, das vor bestimmten Gefahren schützen soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Schutzanzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein Schutzanzug besteht aus einer geschlossenen Fläche, hat meist ein Visier vor dem Kopf und schützt den Körper somit vor Strahlungen, chemischen Spritzern oder anderen Einwirkungen.“

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 "Schutzanzug"?
"Schutzanzug" is spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-A-N-Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʊt͡sʔanˌt͡suːk].
What does "Schutzanzug" mean?
As a noun, "Schutzanzug" means: Kleidungsstück zum Überziehen, das vor bestimmten Gefahren schützen soll
How do you pronounce "Schutzanzug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schutzanzug" is [ˈʃʊt͡sʔanˌt͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schutzanzug" come from?
"Schutzanzug" 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 "Schutzanzug", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list