SpartevsSportConfusable pair

Which to use

“Sparte” and “Sport” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,943
“Sparte” frequency rank
#942
“Sport” frequency rank
14885
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sparte Sport
Definition definierter Teil eines größeren Ganzen intensive körperliche und/oder geistige Betätigung mit Leistungsanspruch

Where the eye mixes Sparte and Sport

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Sparte
5 ch
Sport

Look-alike desk: Sparte vs Sport

A purely visual mix-up. Sparte ([ˈʃpaʁtə]) and Sport ([ʃpɔʁt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sparte is recorded at frequency rank #13,943, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpaʁtə]. Sport is at rank #942, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃpɔʁt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 14885, this pair ranks #1,948,005 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Sparte vs Sport

Shared letters: prst. Private to "Sparte": ae. Private to "Sport": o.

"Sparte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Sport" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Spartepsarte · saprte · sparet · sparrte · spartte · spatre · spparte · sprate
  • Sportpsort · soprt · sporrt · sportt · spotr · spport · sprot · ssport

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Sparte" and "Sport" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃpaʁtə] versus [ʃpɔʁt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Sparte" or "Sport"?
"Sport" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #942 in our German list, against #13,943 for "Sparte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Sparte" and "Sport" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sparte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sport" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,948,005 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sparte" and "Sport" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sparte vs stärkte". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,948,005 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list