Schwanzspitze

[ˈʃvant͡sˌʃpɪt͡sə]

/[ˈʃvant͡sˌʃpɪt͡sə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwanzspitze” is uncommon German (frequency #93,567 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,567
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spitz zulaufendes Ende eines Schwanzes

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwanzspitze · Schwanzspitze · German

Schwanzspitze · rank #93,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,567
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwanheim

Nearest frequency peer: Schwanheim (-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 „Schwanzspitze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwanzspitze
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwanzspitze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvant͡sˌʃpɪt͡sə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwanzspitze“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schwanheim“ (#93,566), „Schwarzmeerküste“ (#93,568), „Schweinezucht“ (#93,569). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwanzspitze“ bei #93,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwanzspitze is uncommon German at frequency #93,567 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvant͡sˌʃpɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spitz zulaufendes Ende eines Schwanzes".

Schwanzspitze doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schwanzspitze, spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-Z-S-P-I-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    spitz zulaufendes Ende eines Schwanzes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Um die zehn Meter maß ein ausgewachsener Brachylophosaurier – von der an Enten erinnernden Schnauze über den mit einer Knochenplatte gepanzerten Schädel bis zur Schwanzspitze.“

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 "Schwanzspitze"?
"Schwanzspitze" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-Z-S-P-I-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvant͡sˌʃpɪt͡sə].
What does "Schwanzspitze" mean?
As a noun, "Schwanzspitze" means: spitz zulaufendes Ende eines Schwanzes
How do you pronounce "Schwanzspitze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwanzspitze" is [ˈʃvant͡sˌʃpɪt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwanzspitze" come from?
"Schwanzspitze" 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 "Schwanzspitze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schweinezucht#93,569Schulprogramm#93,559Schulanfänger#93,557schonungslose#93,554

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list