soviel

/[zoˈfiːl]/ conj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,687

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

soviel is aGermanconj. It means: in dem Umfang wie, in dem Maße Pronounced [zoˈfiːl]. It ranks #2,687 in German word frequency. Often confused with sowie and Spiel.

Key facts for soviel
PropertyValue
Headwordsoviel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConj
IPA[zoˈfiːl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,687
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for soviel is 6 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zoˈfiːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,687 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in dem Umfang wie, in dem Maße".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for soviel, with forms such as "osviel", "soivel", and "soveil". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "sowie", "Spiel", "Stiel", 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 soviel, spelled S-O-V-I-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in dem Umfang wie, in dem Maße

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osviel,soivel,soveil,soviell,sovile,sovviel,ssoviel,svoiel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for soviel

Misspelling Variants of "soviel"

osviel6soivel6soveil6soviell7sovile6sovviel7ssoviel7svoiel6
Misspelling Variants of "soviel"

Frequency rank: #2,687 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soviel"?
"soviel" is spelled S-O-V-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [zoˈfiːl].
What does "soviel" mean?
As a conj, "soviel" means: in dem Umfang wie, in dem Maße
What words are commonly confused with "soviel"?
"soviel" is commonly confused with "sowie", "Spiel", "Stiel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soviel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soviel" is [zoˈfiːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soviel" come from?
"soviel" 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.