spärliche

[ˈʃpɛːɐ̯lɪçə]

/[ˈʃpɛːɐ̯lɪçə]/ adj

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The verdict

“spärliche” is uncommon German (frequency #60,097 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,097
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spärlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-sparliche · spärliche · German

spärliche · rank #60,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,097
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spritzig

Nearest frequency peer: spritzig (-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 „spärliche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spärliche
PropertyValue
Headwordspärliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpɛːɐ̯lɪçə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spärliche“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).spärlichefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „spritzig“ (#60,096), „spätmittelalterlichen“ (#60,098), „Stadtbaumeister“ (#60,099). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spärliche“ bei #60,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spärliche is uncommon German at frequency #60,097 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːɐ̯lɪçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for spärliche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is spärliche, spelled S-P-Ä-R-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

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

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 "spärliche"?
"spärliche" is spelled S-P-Ä-R-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛːɐ̯lɪçə].
What does "spärliche" mean?
As an adjective, "spärliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spärlich
How do you pronounce "spärliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spärliche" is [ˈʃpɛːɐ̯lɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spärliche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list