Which to use
“Späth” is a name and “sprach” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,741
- “Späth” frequency rank
- #1,460
- “sprach” frequency rank
- 49201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Späth | sprach |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | deutscher Nachname, Familienname | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprechen |
Letter map: Späth vs sprach
Shared letters muted; letters that set Späth and sprach apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - Späth and sprach
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Späth is aname and sprachaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Späth is recorded at frequency rank #47,741, classified as aname, pronounced […]. sprach is at rank #1,460, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃpʁaːx].
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 49201, this pair ranks #1,220,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Späth vs sprach
Shared letters: hps. Private to "Späth": tä. Private to "sprach": acr.
"Späth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "sprach" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sprach ← psrach · sparch · spprach · spracch · sprachh · sprahc · sprcah · sprrach
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Späth" for "sprach" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Späth" vs "sprach" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Späth" and "sprach".
- Full dictionary entry for "Späth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sprach" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,220,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Späth" and "sprach" 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 #1,220,325 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.