Winkelschleifer
[ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌʃlaɪ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Winkelschleifer” is uncommon German (frequency #79,952 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,952
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „eine zumeist elektrisch angetriebene Handmaschine mit einer schnell rotierenden runden Schleifscheibe, Schruppscheibe oder Trennscheibe“
Corpus desk
Index DE-winkelschleifer · Winkelschleifer · German
Winkelschleifer · rank #79,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,952
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wienerisch
Nearest frequency peer: wienerisch (-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 „Winkelschleifer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- widerwärtig…
widerwärtigen
20,051 corpus weight
- wienerisch
wienerisch
20,050 corpus weight
- Winkelschle…
Winkelschleifer
20,049 corpus weight
- winkten
winkten
20,048 corpus weight
- Wirbeltieren
Wirbeltieren
20,047 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftsjahr
20,046 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Winkelschleifer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Winkelschleifer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌʃlaɪ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #79,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Winkelschleifer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Winkelschleifer is uncommon German at frequency #79,952 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌʃlaɪ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„eine zumeist elektrisch angetriebene Handmaschine mit einer schnell rotierenden runden Schleifscheibe, Schruppscheibe oder Trennscheibe“".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Winkelschleifer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Winkelschleifer, spelled W-I-N-K-E-L-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1„eine zumeist elektrisch angetriebene Handmaschine mit einer schnell rotierenden runden Schleifscheibe, Schruppscheibe oder Trennscheibe“
Synonyms
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 "Winkelschleifer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).