spannendste

[ˈʃpanənt͡stə]

/[ˈʃpanənt͡stə]/ adj

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The verdict

“spannendste” is uncommon German (frequency #54,092 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,092
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend

Key facts for spannendste
PropertyValue
Headwordspannendste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpanənt͡stə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,092
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “spannendste” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). spannendste lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spannendste is uncommon German at frequency #54,092 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpanənt͡stə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for spannendste in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 spannendste, spelled S-P-A-N-N-E-N-D-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spannendste"?
"spannendste" is spelled S-P-A-N-N-E-N-D-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpanənt͡stə].
What does "spannendste" mean?
As an adjective, "spannendste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs spannend
How do you pronounce "spannendste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spannendste" is [ˈʃpanənt͡stə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spannendste" come from?
"spannendste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “spannendste”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-P-A-N-N-E-N-D-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃpanənt͡stə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list