spähte

[ˈʃpɛːtə]

/[ˈʃpɛːtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“spähte” is uncommon German (frequency #99,117 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,117
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spähen

Corpus desk

Index DE-spahte · spähte · German

spähte · rank #99,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,117
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Springerstief…

Nearest frequency peer: Springerstiefel (-1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „spähte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „spähte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spähte
PropertyValue
Headwordspähte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpɛːtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spähte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).spähtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Springerstiefel“ (#99,116), „Spässen“ (#99,118), „Spraydose“ (#99,115). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spähte“ bei #99,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spähte is uncommon German at frequency #99,117 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for spähte, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is spähte, spelled S-P-Ä-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spähen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spähen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spähen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spähen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spähte"?
"spähte" is spelled S-P-Ä-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛːtə].
What does "spähte" mean?
As a verb, "spähte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spähen
How do you pronounce "spähte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spähte" is [ˈʃpɛːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spähte" come from?
"spähte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spähte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

speien#99,104sterbt#99,134stoppe#99,141sempre#99,078

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list