sonder

/[ˈzɔndɐ]/ prep

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,754

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sonder is aGermanprep. It means: drückt Abwesenheit aus; ohne Pronounced [ˈzɔndɐ]. Often confused with sone and Sonne.

Key facts for sonder
PropertyValue
Headwordsonder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈzɔndɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,754
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sonder is 6 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔndɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,754 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drückt Abwesenheit aus; ohne".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sonder, with forms such as "osnder", "snoder", and "sodner". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sone", "Sonne", "Sünde", 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 sonder, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    drückt Abwesenheit aus; ohne

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osnder,snoder,sodner,sondder,sonderr,sondre,sonedr,sonnder,ssonder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sonder

Misspelling Variants of "sonder"

osnder6snoder6sodner6sondder7sonderr7sondre6sonedr6sonnder7
Misspelling Variants of "sonder"

Frequency rank: #11,754 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonder"?
"sonder" is spelled S-O-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔndɐ].
What does "sonder" mean?
As a prep, "sonder" means: drückt Abwesenheit aus; ohne
What words are commonly confused with "sonder"?
"sonder" is commonly confused with "sone", "Sonne", "Sünde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sonder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sonder" is [ˈzɔndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sonder" come from?
"sonder" 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.