Spanier

/[ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,975

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Spanier is aGermannoun. It means: Bürger von Spanien Pronounced [ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ]. It ranks #6,975 in German word frequency. Often confused with später and Sparer.

Key facts for Spanier
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpanier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,975
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Spanier is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,975 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bürger von Spanien".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Spanier, with forms such as "psanier", "sapnier", and "spainer". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "später", "Sparer", "spanne", 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 Spanier, spelled S-P-A-N-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bürger von Spanien

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psanier,sapnier,spainer,spaneir,spanierr,spanire,spannier,spnaier,sppanier,sspanier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Spanier

Misspelling Variants of "Spanier"

psanier7sapnier7spainer7spaneir7spanierr8spanire7spannier8spnaier7
Misspelling Variants of "Spanier"

Frequency rank: #6,975 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spanier"?
"Spanier" is spelled S-P-A-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ].
What does "Spanier" mean?
As a noun, "Spanier" means: Bürger von Spanien
What words are commonly confused with "Spanier"?
"Spanier" is commonly confused with "später", "Sparer", "spanne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spanier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spanier" is [ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spanier" come from?
"Spanier" 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.