Schwefeldioxid
[ˈʃveːfl̩ˌdiːʔɔksiːt]
The verdict
“Schwefeldioxid” is uncommon German (frequency #62,834 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,834
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - farbloses, schleimhautreizendes, stechend riechendes und sauer schmeckendes, giftiges Gas
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwefeldioxid · Schwefeldioxid · German
Schwefeldioxid · rank #62,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,834
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Schur
Nearest frequency peer: Schur (-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 “Schwefeldioxid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Schulamt
Schulamt
37,171 corpus weight
- Schuldgefüh…
Schuldgefühlen
37,170 corpus weight
- Schur
Schur
37,168 corpus weight
- Schwefeldio…
Schwefeldioxid
37,167 corpus weight
- schweigsam
schweigsam
37,166 corpus weight
- Schwellenwe…
Schwellenwert
37,165 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Schwefeldioxid” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwefeldioxid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːfl̩ˌdiːʔɔksiːt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #62,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schwefeldioxid” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schwefeldioxid is uncommon German at frequency #62,834 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːfl̩ˌdiːʔɔksiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "farbloses, schleimhautreizendes, stechend riechendes und sauer schmeckendes, giftiges Gas".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schwefeldioxid, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schwefeldioxid, spelled S-C-H-W-E-F-E-L-D-I-O-X-I-D.
Definition
- 1farbloses, schleimhautreizendes, stechend riechendes und sauer schmeckendes, giftiges Gas
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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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 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.