sonderbar
[ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“sonderbar” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #29,336 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #29,336
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich im Vergleich abhebend, einen unterschiedlichen Charakter besitzend, durch Absonderung entstanden oder entstehend
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sonderbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sonderbar” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sonderbar is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,336 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich im Vergleich abhebend, einen unterschiedlichen Charakter besitzend, durch Absonderung entstanden oder entstehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonderbar, with forms such as "osnderbar", "snoderbar", and "sodnerbar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sonderbare", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sonderbar, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1sich im Vergleich abhebend, einen unterschiedlichen Charakter besitzend, durch Absonderung entstanden oder entstehend
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osnderbar,snoderbar,sodnerbar,sondderbar,sondebrar,sonderabr,sonderbarr,sonderbbar,sonderbra,sonderrbar,sondrebar,sonedrbar,sonnderbar,ssonderbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonderbar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “sonderbar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-N-D-E-R-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɔndɐˌbaːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sonderbare” - see the side-by-side comparison. sonderbar vs sonderbare
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.