spänen
[ˈʃpɛːnən]
The verdict
“spänen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (einen Parkettfußboden) mithilfe von Metallspänen abreiben, abziehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spänen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spänen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for spänen is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpɛːnən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(einen Parkettfußboden) mithilfe von Metallspänen abreiben, abziehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for spänen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is spänen, spelled S-P-Ä-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(einen Parkettfußboden) mithilfe von Metallspänen abreiben, abziehen
This word in other languages
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 “spänen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-Ä-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.