Sonderdruck
[ˈzɔndɐˌdʁʊk]
The verdict
“Sonderdruck” is uncommon German (frequency #68,683 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,683
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extraausgabe einer kleineren Schrift (Aufsatz, Rezension,…) in geringer Auflage, die dem Autor vom Verlag für die Verteilung an Kollegen und sonstige Interessierte zur Verfügung gestellt wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonderdruck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔndɐˌdʁʊk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sonderdruck” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sonderdruck is uncommon German at frequency #68,683 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔndɐˌdʁʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extraausgabe einer kleineren Schrift (Aufsatz, Rezension,…) in geringer Auflage, die dem Autor vom Verlag für die Verteilung an Kollegen und sonstige Interessierte zur Verfügung gestellt wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sonderdruck, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sonderdruck, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-D-R-U-C-K.
Definition
- 1Extraausgabe einer kleineren Schrift (Aufsatz, Rezension,…) in geringer Auflage, die dem Autor vom Verlag für die Verteilung an Kollegen und sonstige Interessierte zur Verfügung gestellt wird
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.
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Using “Sonderdruck”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-N-D-E-R-D-R-U-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɔndɐˌdʁʊk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.