Spanferkel
[ˈʃpaːnˌfɛʁkl̩]
The verdict
“Spanferkel” is uncommon German (frequency #79,748 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,748
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante der Zubereitung für Schwein, wobei das junge Schwein dabei auf einem Drehspieß gegart wird
| 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) |
Where “Spanferkel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Spanferkel is uncommon German at frequency #79,748 among 107,600 “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
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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Using “Spanferkel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-A-N-F-E-R-K-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpaːnˌfɛʁkl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.