Sonderurlaub
[ˈzɔndɐˌʔuːɐ̯laʊ̯p]
The verdict
“Sonderurlaub” is uncommon German (frequency #87,074 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,074
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu besonderen Anlässen gewährter Urlaub
Corpus desk
Index DE-sonderurlaub · Sonderurlaub · German
Sonderurlaub · rank #87,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,074
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sonnigem
Nearest frequency peer: sonnigem (+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 „Sonderurlaub“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Slowake
Slowake
12,932 corpus weight
- Sloweniens
Sloweniens
12,931 corpus weight
- sogenanntem
sogenanntem
12,930 corpus weight
- Sonderurlaub
Sonderurlaub
12,927 corpus weight
- sonnigem
sonnigem
12,926 corpus weight
- Sorglosigke…
Sorglosigkeit
12,925 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sonderurlaub“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonderurlaub |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔndɐˌʔuːɐ̯laʊ̯p] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #87,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sonderurlaub“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sonderurlaub is uncommon German at frequency #87,074 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔndɐˌʔuːɐ̯laʊ̯p]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu besonderen Anlässen gewährter Urlaub".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sonderurlaub, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sonderurlaub, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-U-R-L-A-U-B.
Definition
- 1zu besonderen Anlässen gewährter Urlaub
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sonderurlaub appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er stellte ihm baldigen Sonderurlaub in Aussicht und bot sich, wenn es sein Dienst erlaube, sogar als Trauzeuge an.“
„Er wird auf Sonderurlaub geschickt, mit pommerschem Schinken und mit Würsten versehen fürs Brautkleid aus weißen Spitzen samt Schleier bringt er die schönste Friedensware mit, die sich nur denken läßt“
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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