Sovětský svaz
[ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas]
The verdict
“Sovětský svaz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein sozialistischer Staat, der sich während seiner Existenz von 1922 bis 1991 von Europa bis Asien erstreckte; Sowjetunion
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sovětský svaz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sovětský svaz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sovětský svaz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein sozialistischer Staat, der sich während seiner Existenz von 1922 bis 1991 von Europa bis Asien erstreckte; Sowjetunion".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sovětský svaz, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Sovětský svaz, spelled S-O-V-Ě-T-S-K-Ý- -S-V-A-Z.
Definition
- 1ein sozialistischer Staat, der sich während seiner Existenz von 1922 bis 1991 von Europa bis Asien erstreckte; Sowjetunion
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Sovětský svaz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-V-Ě-T-S-K-Ý- -S-V-A-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.