Schutzstaffel
[ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafl̩]
The verdict
“Schutzstaffel” is uncommon German (frequency #90,863 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,863
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fliegereinheit im Deutschen (Kaiser-)Reich
Corpus desk
Index DE-schutzstaffel · Schutzstaffel · German
Schutzstaffel · rank #90,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,863
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schutzzonen
Nearest frequency peer: Schutzzonen (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schutzstaffel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schnellt
schnellt
9,142 corpus weight
- Schulfreund…
Schulfreundin
9,140 corpus weight
- Schutzstaff…
Schutzstaffel
9,138 corpus weight
- Schutzzonen
Schutzzonen
9,137 corpus weight
- schwadronie…
schwadroniert
9,136 corpus weight
- Schwangau
Schwangau
9,135 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schutzstaffel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schutzstaffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafl̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #90,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schutzstaffel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schutzstaffel is uncommon German at frequency #90,863 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schutzstaffel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schutzstaffel, spelled S-C-H-U-T-Z-S-T-A-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Fliegereinheit im Deutschen (Kaiser-)Reich
- 2Sonderorganisation der NSDAP
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schutzstaffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am 22. Februar werden SA (Sturmabteilung), SS (Schutzstaffel) und die Stahlhelmverbände zur Hilfspolizei erklärt.“
„In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus war die Schutzstaffel maßgeblich am Holocaust beteiligt und wurde nach 1945 als verbrecherische Organisation verboten.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).