Spaniel
[ˈʃpaːni̯əl]
The verdict
“Spaniel” is uncommon German (frequency #79,749 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,749
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner bis mittelgroßer Stöberhund mit breiter Schnauze, langem, gewelltem Fell und langen Ohren, die an der Seite des Kopfes hängen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spaniel · Spaniel · German
Spaniel · rank #79,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,749
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spanferkel
Nearest frequency peer: Spanferkel (-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 „Spaniel“
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 „Spaniel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spaniel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaːni̯əl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spaniel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spaniel is uncommon German at frequency #79,749 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaːni̯əl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner bis mittelgroßer Stöberhund mit breiter Schnauze, langem, gewelltem Fell und langen Ohren, die an der Seite des Kopfes hängen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Spaniel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Spaniel, spelled S-P-A-N-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1kleiner bis mittelgroßer Stöberhund mit breiter Schnauze, langem, gewelltem Fell und langen Ohren, die an der Seite des Kopfes hängen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spaniel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie wurden über Einzelheiten des makellosen Privatlebens etlicher Romanschriftstellerinnen informiert und konnten sie mit ihren Spaniels vor rosenumrankten Landhäusern sitzend bewundern.“
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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