Sorge

/[ˈzɔʁɡə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,940

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Sorge is aGermannoun. It means: bedrückendes Gefühl der Unruhe und Angst, durch eine unangenehme und/oder gefahrvolle Situation hervorgerufen Pronounced [ˈzɔʁɡə]. It ranks #1,940 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sure and Strg.

Key facts for Sorge
PropertyValue
HeadwordSorge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɔʁɡə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,940
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sorge is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔʁɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,940 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sorge, with forms such as "osrge", "sogre", and "soreg". 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, "Sure", "Strg", "sort", 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 Sorge, spelled S-O-R-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bedrückendes Gefühl der Unruhe und Angst, durch eine unangenehme und/oder gefahrvolle Situation hervorgerufen
  2. 2
    Bemühen um die als positiv empfundene Entwicklung einer Situation, speziell um das Wohlergehen eines anderen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osrge,sogre,soreg,sorgge,sorrge,sroge,ssorge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sorge

Misspelling Variants of "Sorge"

osrge5sogre5soreg5sorgge6sorrge6sroge5ssorge6
Misspelling Variants of "Sorge"

Frequency rank: #1,940 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sorge"?
"Sorge" is spelled S-O-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔʁɡə].
What does "Sorge" mean?
As a noun, "Sorge" means: bedrückendes Gefühl der Unruhe und Angst, durch eine unangenehme und/oder gefahrvolle Situation hervorgerufen
What words are commonly confused with "Sorge"?
"Sorge" is commonly confused with "Sure", "Strg", "sort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sorge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sorge" is [ˈzɔʁɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sorge" come from?
"Sorge" 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.