Schwarzpulver
[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌpʊlvɐ]
The verdict
“Schwarzpulver” is uncommon German (frequency #63,745 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,745
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - explosiver Stoff aus Salpeter, Holzkohle und säurefreiem Schwefel
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwarzpulver · Schwarzpulver · German
Schwarzpulver · rank #63,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,745
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwangerscha…
Nearest frequency peer: Schwangerschaftswoche (-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 „Schwarzpulver“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schutzraum
Schutzraum
36,259 corpus weight
- Schwangersc…
Schwangerschaftswoche
36,257 corpus weight
- Schwarzpulv…
Schwarzpulver
36,256 corpus weight
- Schwämme
Schwämme
36,255 corpus weight
- Schöpfungen
Schöpfungen
36,254 corpus weight
- Scottish
Scottish
36,253 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwarzpulver“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwarzpulver |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌpʊlvɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwarzpulver“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwarzpulver is uncommon German at frequency #63,745 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌpʊlvɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "explosiver Stoff aus Salpeter, Holzkohle und säurefreiem Schwefel".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schwarzpulver in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Schwarzpulver, spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-P-U-L-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1explosiver Stoff aus Salpeter, Holzkohle und säurefreiem Schwefel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwarzpulver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schwarzpulver sollte man trocken aufbewahren.
„Die sechsunddreißig Steuerbordsträflinge wurden ins Gefängnis beordert, um das Deck zu schrubben und den gesamten Raum mit Essig zu reinigen, bevor er mit Schwarzpulver ausgeschwefelt werden sollte.“
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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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