entsprang

[ɛntˈʃpʁaŋ]

/[ɛntˈʃpʁaŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“entsprang” is uncommon German (frequency #58,725 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,725
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs entspringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-entsprang · entsprang · German

entsprang · rank #58,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,725
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Entschlüsselu…

Nearest frequency peer: Entschlüsselung (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „entsprang“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „entsprang“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for entsprang
PropertyValue
Headwordentsprang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈʃpʁaŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,725
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „entsprang“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.entsprangfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Entschlüsselung“ (#58,724), „entwaffnet“ (#58,726), „entpuppen“ (#58,723). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „entsprang“ bei #58,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

entsprang is uncommon German at frequency #58,725 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈʃpʁaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entsprang, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is entsprang, spelled E-N-T-S-P-R-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs entspringen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs entspringen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entsprang"?
"entsprang" is spelled E-N-T-S-P-R-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈʃpʁaŋ].
What does "entsprang" mean?
As a verb, "entsprang" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs entspringen
How do you pronounce "entsprang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entsprang" is [ɛntˈʃpʁaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entsprang" come from?
"entsprang" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entsprang", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entpuppen#58,723Erblasser#58,728entbrannt#58,721Erdkruste#58,730

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list