softball
[sɔftbol]
The verdict
“softball” is uncommon German (frequency #68,682 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,682
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Softball
Corpus desk
Index DE-softball · softball · German
softball · rank #68,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,682
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH Sobernheim
Nearest frequency peer: Sobernheim (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “softball”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Skinhead
Skinhead
31,322 corpus weight
- Skizzenbuch
Skizzenbuch
31,321 corpus weight
- Sobernheim
Sobernheim
31,320 corpus weight
- softball
softball
31,319 corpus weight
- Sonderdruck
Sonderdruck
31,318 corpus weight
- sondieren
sondieren
31,317 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “softball” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | softball |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sɔftbol] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “softball” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
softball is uncommon German at frequency #68,682 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɔftbol]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Softball".
softball doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is softball, spelled S-O-F-T-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Softball
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "softball", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.