sneak
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The verdict
“sneak” is uncommon German (frequency #62,863 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,863
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schleichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sneak · sneak · German
sneak · rank #62,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,863
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Softdrinks
Nearest frequency peer: Softdrinks (+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 “sneak”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Skinheads
Skinheads
37,142 corpus weight
- Slum
Slum
37,140 corpus weight
- sneak
sneak
37,138 corpus weight
- Softdrinks
Softdrinks
37,137 corpus weight
- soldier
soldier
37,136 corpus weight
- Sondersendu…
Sondersendung
37,134 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sneak” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sneak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sneak” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sneak is uncommon German at frequency #62,863 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schleichen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sneak in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sneak, spelled S-N-E-A-K.
Definition
- 1schleichen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sneak", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.