skrupulös
[skʁupuˈløːs]
The verdict
“skrupulös” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peinlich genau
Corpus desk
Index DE-skrupulos · skrupulös · German
skrupulös · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | skrupulös |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [skʁupuˈløːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „skrupulös“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
skrupulös is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [skʁupuˈløːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
skrupulös has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is skrupulös, spelled S-K-R-U-P-U-L-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1peinlich genau
- 2übertrieben Furcht vor etwas oder jemanden habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skrupulös appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deine Gedanken sollen ebenso skrupulös rein gehalten werden wie dein Körper.
Als Chef ist er ungeeignet, da er ängstlich, unsicher, entscheidungsschwach und skrupulös ist.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.