schädlich
\ˈʃɛːtlɪç\
The verdict
“schädlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nocif, nuisible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schadlich · schädlich · French
schädlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schädlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈʃɛːtlɪç\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
schädlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈʃɛːtlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nocif, nuisible.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schädlich, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is schädlich, spelled S-C-H-Ä-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Nocif, nuisible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schädlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(..) über der Antarktis kommt es während des Südfrühlings weiterhin zur Bildung eines Ozonlochs, wodurch sich die schädliche UV-Strahlung in der betroffenen Region verstärkt (..).
Wenn man seine Pflanzen nicht düngt, dann wachsen sie nicht gut. Wenn man sie überdüngt, dann ist es aber auch schädlich.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.