Sondersendung
[ˈzɔndɐˌzɛndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Sondersendung” is uncommon German (frequency #62,867 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,867
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sendung in Rundfunk oder Fernsehen, die aus aktuellem Anlass ausgestrahlt wird, im Programm aber nicht vorgesehen war
Corpus desk
Index DE-sondersendung · Sondersendung · German
Sondersendung · rank #62,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,867
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 107,600
- PHOTO-FINISH soldier
Nearest frequency peer: soldier (-2 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 “Sondersendung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Slum
Slum
37,140 corpus weight
- sneak
sneak
37,138 corpus weight
- Softdrinks
Softdrinks
37,137 corpus weight
- soldier
soldier
37,136 corpus weight
- Sondersendu…
Sondersendung
37,134 corpus weight
- Spalier
Spalier
37,130 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sondersendung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sondersendung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔndɐˌzɛndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #62,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sondersendung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sondersendung is uncommon German at frequency #62,867 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔndɐˌzɛndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sendung in Rundfunk oder Fernsehen, die aus aktuellem Anlass ausgestrahlt wird, im Programm aber nicht vorgesehen war".
Sondersendung has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Sondersendung, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-S-E-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Sendung in Rundfunk oder Fernsehen, die aus aktuellem Anlass ausgestrahlt wird, im Programm aber nicht vorgesehen war
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.