Ersatzspieler
[ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌʃpiːlɐ]
The verdict
“Ersatzspieler” is uncommon German (frequency #56,954 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,954
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mitglied einer Mannschaft, das im Bedarfsfall bei einem Spiel erst zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt eingesetzt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ersatzspieler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌʃpiːlɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #56,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ersatzspieler” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ersatzspieler is uncommon German at frequency #56,954 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌʃpiːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mitglied einer Mannschaft, das im Bedarfsfall bei einem Spiel erst zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt eingesetzt wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ersatzspieler, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ersatzspieler, spelled E-R-S-A-T-Z-S-P-I-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mitglied einer Mannschaft, das im Bedarfsfall bei einem Spiel erst zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt eingesetzt wird
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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.
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Using “Ersatzspieler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-S-A-T-Z-S-P-I-E-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈzat͡sˌʃpiːlɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.