Schwindelei
[ʃvɪndəˈlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Schwindelei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dauerhaftes oder wiederholtes Schwindeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwindelei · Schwindelei · German
Schwindelei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwindelei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃvɪndəˈlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwindelei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwindelei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃvɪndəˈlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dauerhaftes oder wiederholtes Schwindeln".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schwindelei in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Schwindelei, spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1dauerhaftes oder wiederholtes Schwindeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwindelei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alle wussten inzwischen, dass ich Deutscher bin, und wer sich an meine Schwindeleien erinnerte, vergab generös.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.