dispatch

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The verdict

“dispatch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wegsenden, absenden, abfertigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-dispatch · dispatch · German

dispatch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for dispatch
PropertyValue
Headworddispatch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dispatch“ im Deutschen

dispatchliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dispatch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for dispatch in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dispatch, spelled D-I-S-P-A-T-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    wegsenden, absenden, abfertigen
  2. 2
    ein Team/ Gruppe dominieren;abfertigen
  3. 3
    töten
  4. 4
    etwas oder jemanden entfernen
  5. 5
    es eilig haben

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dispatch"?
"dispatch" is spelled D-I-S-P-A-T-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "dispatch" mean?
As a verb, "dispatch" means: wegsenden, absenden, abfertigen
How do you pronounce "dispatch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dispatch" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dispatch" come from?
"dispatch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list