Stadtschreiber
[ˈʃtatˌʃʁaɪ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“Stadtschreiber” is uncommon German (frequency #65,710 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,710
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schreibkundiger, der in einer Stadt Schreibarbeiten für öffentliche Belange durchführte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stadtschreiber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtatˌʃʁaɪ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #65,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stadtschreiber” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stadtschreiber is uncommon German at frequency #65,710 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtatˌʃʁaɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Stadtschreiber in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stadtschreiber, spelled S-T-A-D-T-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Schreibkundiger, der in einer Stadt Schreibarbeiten für öffentliche Belange durchführte
- 2Schriftsteller, der von einer Stadt ausgewählt wird, um vorübergehend in ihr zu leben und stadtbezogen zu schreiben
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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Using “Stadtschreiber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-A-D-T-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.