Which to use
“Sport” is a noun and “spült” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #942
- “Sport” frequency rank
- #34,379
- “spült” frequency rank
- 35321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sport | spült |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intensive körperliche und/oder geistige Betätigung mit Leistungsanspruch | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spülen |
Where the eye mixes Sport and spült
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Sport and spült follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Sport with spült
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Sport is [ʃpɔʁt] while spült is [ʃpyːlt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sport is recorded at frequency rank #942, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃpɔʁt]. spült is at rank #34,379, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃpyːlt].
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 35321, this pair ranks #1,642,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Sport vs spült
Shared letters: pst. Private to "Sport": or. Private to "spült": lü.
"Sport" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "spült" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sport ← psort · soprt · sporrt · sportt · spotr · spport · sprot · ssport
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Sport" for "spült" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Sport" vs "spült" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Sport" and "spült" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Sport" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spült" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,642,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sport" and "spült" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skull vs spült". 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 #1,642,774 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.