Spange

/[ˈʃpaŋə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,830

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Spange is aGermannoun. It means: Gegenstand aus festem Material, um etwas damit zu fixieren/festzustellen, der zugleich oft auch als Schmuck dient Pronounced [ˈʃpaŋə]. Often confused with späte and stage.

Key facts for Spange
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpange
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpaŋə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,830
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Spange is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaŋə]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,830 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Spange, with forms such as "psange", "sapnge", and "spagne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "späte", "stage", "spare", 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 Spange, spelled S-P-A-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gegenstand aus festem Material, um etwas damit zu fixieren/festzustellen, der zugleich oft auch als Schmuck dient
  2. 2
    Kurzwort anstelle von Zahnspange
  3. 3
    Verkehr: Verbindungsstraße zwischen Straßen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psange,sapnge,spagne,spaneg,spangge,spannge,spnage,sppange,sspange

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Spange

Misspelling Variants of "Spange"

psange6sapnge6spagne6spaneg6spangge7spannge7spnage6sppange7
Misspelling Variants of "Spange"

Frequency rank: #42,830 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spange"?
"Spange" is spelled S-P-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaŋə].
What does "Spange" mean?
As a noun, "Spange" means: Gegenstand aus festem Material, um etwas damit zu fixieren/festzustellen, der zugleich oft auch als Schmuck dient
What words are commonly confused with "Spange"?
"Spange" is commonly confused with "späte", "stage", "spare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spange" is [ˈʃpaŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spange" come from?
"Spange" 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.