Sparkasse

/[ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkasə]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,005

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Sparkasse is aGermannoun. It means: Kreditinstitut, fast immer in öffentlicher Trägerschaft (Kommune, Landkreis…) Pronounced [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkasə]. It ranks #6,005 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sparkassen.

Key facts for Sparkasse
PropertyValue
HeadwordSparkasse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkasə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,005
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Sparkasse is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkasə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,005 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kreditinstitut, fast immer in öffentlicher Trägerschaft (Kommune, Landkreis…)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sparkasse, with forms such as "psarkasse", "saprkasse", and "spakrasse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Sparkassen", 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 Sparkasse, spelled S-P-A-R-K-A-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kreditinstitut, fast immer in öffentlicher Trägerschaft (Kommune, Landkreis…)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psarkasse,saprkasse,spakrasse,sparaksse,sparkase,sparkases,sparkaße,sparkkasse,sparksase,sparrkasse,spparkasse,sprakasse,ssparkasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sparkasse

Misspelling Variants of "Sparkasse"

psarkasse9saprkasse9spakrasse9sparaksse9sparkase8sparkases9sparkaße8sparkkasse10
Misspelling Variants of "Sparkasse"

Frequency rank: #6,005 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sparkasse"?
"Sparkasse" is spelled S-P-A-R-K-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkasə].
What does "Sparkasse" mean?
As a noun, "Sparkasse" means: Kreditinstitut, fast immer in öffentlicher Trägerschaft (Kommune, Landkreis…)
What words are commonly confused with "Sparkasse"?
"Sparkasse" is commonly confused with "Sparkassen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sparkasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sparkasse" is [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkasə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sparkasse" come from?
"Sparkasse" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.