spark

[spɑːk]

/[spɑːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“spark” is uncommon German (frequency #55,729 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,729
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein glühendes Teilchen, das bei Verbrennungsvorgängen entsteht und sich durch ein gasförmiges Medium bewegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-spark · spark · German

spark · rank #55,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,729
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sozialpolitis…

Nearest frequency peer: sozialpolitische (-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 „spark“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „spark“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spark
PropertyValue
Headwordspark
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[spɑːk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spark“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sparkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sozialpolitische“ (#55,728), „Spieltisch“ (#55,730), „Sonnenblume“ (#55,727). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spark“ bei #55,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spark is uncommon German at frequency #55,729 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [spɑːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein glühendes Teilchen, das bei Verbrennungsvorgängen entsteht und sich durch ein gasförmiges Medium bewegt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for spark in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is spark, spelled S-P-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein glühendes Teilchen, das bei Verbrennungsvorgängen entsteht und sich durch ein gasförmiges Medium bewegt

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 "spark"?
"spark" is spelled S-P-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [spɑːk].
What does "spark" mean?
As a noun, "spark" means: ein glühendes Teilchen, das bei Verbrennungsvorgängen entsteht und sich durch ein gasförmiges Medium bewegt
How do you pronounce "spark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spark" is [spɑːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spark" come from?
"spark" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spark", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

theft#55,763Sanaa#55,674prüde#55,631Piotr#55,611

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list