Sparren

[ˈʃpaʁən]

/[ˈʃpaʁən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sparren” is uncommon German (frequency #58,308 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,308
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die schräg in der Falllinie des Daches angebrachten Traghölzer, auf denen die Dachlatten angebracht sind

Corpus desk

Index DE-sparren · Sparren · German

Sparren · rank #58,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,308
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sozialpolitis…

Nearest frequency peer: sozialpolitischen (-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 „Sparren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sparren
PropertyValue
HeadwordSparren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpaʁən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,308
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sparren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sozialpolitischen“ (#58,307), „Speere“ (#58,309), „Sondervermögen“ (#58,306). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sparren“ bei #58,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sparren is uncommon German at frequency #58,308 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sparren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sparren, spelled S-P-A-R-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die schräg in der Falllinie des Daches angebrachten Traghölzer, auf denen die Dachlatten angebracht sind
  2. 2
    Heroldsbild, das zwei rechts und links der gedachten Wappenmittellinie schräg abfallende, an der Spitze miteinander verbundene Balken darstellt
  3. 3
    eine leichte geistige Anomalie, eine kleine Verrücktheit, ein Spleen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sparren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dieser Sparren muss auch erneuert werden.
  2. „Im Tumult sprang er die Treppe hinauf, schlug mit einem Sparren die letzte Mastlaterne entzwei und lief über das Deck.“

Synonyms

DachsparrenChevronSchleifeSparrenstreifStreifDachsparrenWinkelbalkenSpleen

This word in other languages

rafter(English)asna(Português)

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 "Sparren"?
"Sparren" is spelled S-P-A-R-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaʁən].
What does "Sparren" mean?
As a noun, "Sparren" means: die schräg in der Falllinie des Daches angebrachten Traghölzer, auf denen die Dachlatten angebracht sind
How do you pronounce "Sparren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sparren" is [ˈʃpaʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sparren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sketche#58,301spitzem#58,316Sextett#58,294steinig#58,325

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list