schlong
/ʃlɒŋ/
"schlong" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schlong” is uncommon English (frequency #73,615 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,615
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A penis, especially a long one.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schlong · schlong · English
schlong · rank #73,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,615
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Schweizer
Nearest frequency peer: Schweizer (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “schlong”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Samhain
Samhain
26,392 corpus weight
- SANU
SANU
26,390 corpus weight
- schlong
schlong
26,386 corpus weight
- Schweizer
Schweizer
26,385 corpus weight
- Sebelius
Sebelius
26,384 corpus weight
- senility
senility
26,382 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “schlong” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃlɒŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “schlong” in English
Rare enough to double-check
schlong is uncommon English at frequency #73,615 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃlɒŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A penis, especially a long one.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schlong, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Yiddish שלאַנג (shlang, “snake”; by extension, “a penis”) or German Schlange. The correct English form is schlong, spelled S-C-H-L-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1A penis, especially a long one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שלאַנג (shlang, “snake”; by extension, “a penis”) or German Schlange.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).