Schützenkönig
[ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌkøːnɪç]
The verdict
“Schützenkönig” is uncommon German (frequency #61,919 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,919
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die einen Schießwettbewerb gewonnen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzenkonig · Schützenkönig · German
Schützenkönig · rank #61,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,919
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwerpunktth…
Nearest frequency peer: Schwerpunktthema (-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 “Schützenkönig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schwankend
schwankend
38,086 corpus weight
- Schwanzes
Schwanzes
38,085 corpus weight
- schwerelos
schwerelos
38,084 corpus weight
- Schwerpunkt…
Schwerpunktthema
38,083 corpus weight
- Schützenkön…
Schützenkönig
38,082 corpus weight
- Seegang
Seegang
38,080 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schützenkönig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schützenkönig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌkøːnɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schützenkönig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schützenkönig is uncommon German at frequency #61,919 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʏt͡sn̩ˌkøːnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Schützenkönig has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schützenkönig, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E-N-K-Ö-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1Person, die einen Schießwettbewerb gewonnen hat
- 2Person, die in einem Wettbewerbs die meisten Treffer erzielt hat
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schützenkönig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.