Sparkurs
[ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkʊʁs]
The verdict
“Sparkurs” is uncommon German (frequency #63,788 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,788
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strategie, hauptsächlich auf Sparen zu setzen, um finanzielle Probleme in den Griff zu bekommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sparkurs · Sparkurs · German
Sparkurs · rank #63,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,788
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sozialstruktur
Nearest frequency peer: Sozialstruktur (-2 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 „Sparkurs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sowjetrepub…
Sowjetrepubliken
36,217 corpus weight
- Sozialstruk…
Sozialstruktur
36,215 corpus weight
- Sparkurs
Sparkurs
36,213 corpus weight
- speaking
speaking
36,211 corpus weight
- Speisekarten
Speisekarten
36,210 corpus weight
- spezialisie…
spezialisierter
36,209 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sparkurs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sparkurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkʊʁs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sparkurs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sparkurs is uncommon German at frequency #63,788 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌkʊʁs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Strategie, hauptsächlich auf Sparen zu setzen, um finanzielle Probleme in den Griff zu bekommen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sparkurs, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sparkurs, spelled S-P-A-R-K-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Strategie, hauptsächlich auf Sparen zu setzen, um finanzielle Probleme in den Griff zu bekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sparkurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dass ein starrer Sparkurs nicht funktioniere, sagen auch Experten in Deutschland.“
Im Jahr 2008 wurden Bremens kommunale Krankenhäuser auf Sparkurs gesetzt. Bis 2015 müssen die vier Kliniken Bremen Mitte, Nord, Ost und Links der Weser etwa 1000 Stellen einsparen […].
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).