SpäthvsSpottConfusable pair

Quick tell: Späth is a name, Spott is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Späth” is a name and “Spott” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,741
“Späth” frequency rank
#15,219
“Spott” frequency rank
62960
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Späth Spott
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname schadenfrohes Belustigen über jemanden

Letter map: Späth vs Spott

Shared letters muted; letters that set Späth and Spott apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Späth and Spott follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Späth
5 ch
Spott

Role in the sentence - Späth and Spott

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Späth is aname and Spottanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Späth is recorded at frequency rank #47,741, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Spott is at rank #15,219, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃpɔt].

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 62960, this pair ranks #693,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Späth vs Spott

Shared letters: pst. Private to "Späth": hä. Private to "Spott": o.

"Späth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Spott" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Spott ← psott · soptt · sppott · sptot · sspott

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Späth" and "Spott" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Späth" is a name and "Spott" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Späth" or "Spott" show up more?
"Spott" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,219 in our German list, against #47,741 for "Späth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Späth" and "Spott". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Späth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Spott" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #693,856 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Späth" and "Spott" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Späth". 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 #693,856 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