schmeicheln
\ʃmaɪ̯çəln\
The verdict
“schmeicheln” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flatter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schmeicheln · schmeicheln · French
schmeicheln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | schmeicheln |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃmaɪ̯çəln\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schmeicheln » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schmeicheln is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃmaɪ̯çəln\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flatter.".
schmeicheln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is schmeicheln, spelled S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Flatter.
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.