sofort

/[zoˈfɔʁt]/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#423

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

sofort is anGermanadv. It means: ohne irgendeine Verzögerung, auf der Stelle Pronounced [zoˈfɔʁt]. It ranks #423 in German word frequency. Often confused with soft and sort.

Key facts for sofort
PropertyValue
Headwordsofort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[zoˈfɔʁt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#423
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sofort in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sofort is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zoˈfɔʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #423 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ohne irgendeine Verzögerung, auf der Stelle".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sofort, with forms such as "osfort", "sfoort", and "soffort". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "soft", "sort", "Sport", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sofort, spelled S-O-F-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne irgendeine Verzögerung, auf der Stelle

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osfort,sfoort,soffort,soforrt,sofortt,sofotr,sofrot,soofrt,ssofort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sofort

Misspelling Variants of "sofort"

osfort6sfoort6soffort7soforrt7sofortt7sofotr6sofrot6soofrt6
Misspelling Variants of "sofort"

Frequency rank: #423 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sofort"?
"sofort" is spelled S-O-F-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [zoˈfɔʁt].
What does "sofort" mean?
As an adv, "sofort" means: ohne irgendeine Verzögerung, auf der Stelle
What words are commonly confused with "sofort"?
"sofort" is commonly confused with "soft", "sort", "Sport". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sofort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sofort" is [zoˈfɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sofort" come from?
"sofort" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.