spannend

/[ˈʃpanənt]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,076

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

spannend is anGermanadj. It means: Spannung (Erregung, Neugier) hervorrufend, oft ein (meist) angenehmes Gefühl des Grusels oder der gebannten Faszination erzeugend Pronounced [ˈʃpanənt]. It ranks #3,076 in German word frequency. Often confused with spinnen and Spanner.

Key facts for spannend
PropertyValue
Headwordspannend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʃpanənt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,076
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for spannend is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpanənt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,076 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for spannend, with forms such as "psannend", "sapnnend", and "spanend". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "spinnen", "Spanner", "Spannung", 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 spannend, spelled S-P-A-N-N-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spannung (Erregung, Neugier) hervorrufend, oft ein (meist) angenehmes Gefühl des Grusels oder der gebannten Faszination erzeugend
  2. 2
    (sehr) interessant

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psannend,sapnnend,spanend,spanennd,spannedn,spannendd,spannennd,spannned,spnanend,sppannend,sspannend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spannend

Misspelling Variants of "spannend"

psannend8sapnnend8spanend7spanennd8spannedn8spannendd9spannennd9spannned8
Misspelling Variants of "spannend"

Frequency rank: #3,076 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spannend"?
"spannend" is spelled S-P-A-N-N-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpanənt].
What does "spannend" mean?
As an adj, "spannend" means: Spannung (Erregung, Neugier) hervorrufend, oft ein (meist) angenehmes Gefühl des Grusels oder der gebannten Faszination erzeugend
What words are commonly confused with "spannend"?
"spannend" is commonly confused with "spinnen", "Spanner", "Spannung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spannend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spannend" is [ˈʃpanənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spannend" come from?
"spannend" 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.