Shiatsu
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The verdict
“Shiatsu” is uncommon German (frequency #97,697 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,697
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - japanische Massage durch Aufdrücken der Finger
Corpus desk
Index DE-shiatsu · Shiatsu · German
Shiatsu · rank #97,697 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,697
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Shiatsu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Showmaster
Showmaster
2,302 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shiatsu” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shiatsu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Shiatsu” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Shiatsu is uncommon German at frequency #97,697 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "japanische Massage durch Aufdrücken der Finger".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Shiatsu, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Shiatsu, spelled S-H-I-A-T-S-U.
Definition
- 1japanische Massage durch Aufdrücken der Finger
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shiatsu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Moxibustion‹, sagt sie, die Wissenschaft vom Verbrennen bestimmter Räucherkegel auf den Akupunkturpunkten einer Person, ›kann töten. Shiatsu auch.‹“
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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