Shanty
[ˈʃɛnti]
The verdict
“Shanty” is uncommon German (frequency #97,695 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,695
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lied, das ursprünglich Seeleute zur Arbeit sangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-shanty · Shanty · German
Shanty · rank #97,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,695
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Shaws
Nearest frequency peer: Shaws (+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 „Shanty“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sexten
Sexten
2,309 corpus weight
- Sexualdelik…
Sexualdelikten
2,308 corpus weight
- Shanty
Shanty
2,306 corpus weight
- Shaws
Shaws
2,305 corpus weight
- Shiatsu
Shiatsu
2,304 corpus weight
- ships
ships
2,303 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Shanty“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shanty |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛnti] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Shanty“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Shanty is uncommon German at frequency #97,695 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛnti]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lied, das ursprünglich Seeleute zur Arbeit sangen".
Shanty has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Shanty, spelled S-H-A-N-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Lied, das ursprünglich Seeleute zur Arbeit sangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Shanty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Außerdem sind noch die Shanties zu erwähnen, die von den Seeleuten zur Arbeit gesungen oder mehr geschrien werden.“
„Danach sangen sie einige Shantys und forderten schließlich auch die Sträflinge auf, ein oder zwei Lieder zum Besten zu geben.“
Synonyms
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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