Which to use
“Sport” is a noun and “spüre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #942
- “Sport” frequency rank
- #11,758
- “spüre” frequency rank
- 12700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sport | spüre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | intensive körperliche und/oder geistige Betätigung mit Leistungsanspruch | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spüren |
Where the eye mixes Sport and spüre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Sport (CCVCC) and spüre (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Sport vs spüre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Sport is [ʃpɔʁt] while spüre is [ˈʃpyːʁə]. 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 12700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sport is recorded at frequency rank #942, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃpɔʁt]. spüre is at rank #11,758, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃpyːʁə].
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 12700, this pair ranks #1,962,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Sport vs spüre
Shared letters: prs. Private to "Sport": ot. Private to "spüre": eü.
"Sport" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "spüre" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sport ← psort · soprt · sporrt · sportt · spotr · spport · sprot · ssport
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Sport" and "spüre" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Sport" or "spüre"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Sport" and "spüre" 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 "spüre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,962,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sport" and "spüre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sire vs spüre". 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 #1,962,579 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.