Spanferkel
[ˈʃpaːnˌfɛʁkl̩]
The verdict
“Spanferkel” is uncommon German (frequency #79,748 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,748
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante der Zubereitung für Schwein, wobei das junge Schwein dabei auf einem Drehspieß gegart wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-spanferkel · Spanferkel · German
Spanferkel · rank #79,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,748
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spaniel
Nearest frequency peer: Spaniel (+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 „Spanferkel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sorbische
sorbische
20,257 corpus weight
- soup
soup
20,255 corpus weight
- Spanferkel
Spanferkel
20,253 corpus weight
- Spaniel
Spaniel
20,252 corpus weight
- Spendengeld…
Spendengeldern
20,249 corpus weight
- Spendenkonto
Spendenkonto
20,248 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spanferkel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spanferkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaːnˌfɛʁkl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spanferkel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spanferkel is uncommon German at frequency #79,748 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaːnˌfɛʁkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante der Zubereitung für Schwein, wobei das junge Schwein dabei auf einem Drehspieß gegart wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Spanferkel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spanferkel, spelled S-P-A-N-F-E-R-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Variante der Zubereitung für Schwein, wobei das junge Schwein dabei auf einem Drehspieß gegart wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spanferkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Spanferkel schmeckt vielleicht durchgebraten am besten.
„Darin schmorte ein kleines Spanferkel.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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