Spatel
[ˈʃpaːtl̩]
The verdict
“Spatel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Werkzeug aus Metall/Plastik oder Holz, das einen Handgriff hat und an der Spitze eine Kante, mit der man zum Beispiel Material entnehmen oder glattstreichen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-spatel · Spatel · German
Spatel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spatel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaːtl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spatel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spatel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaːtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Werkzeug aus Metall/Plastik oder Holz, das einen Handgriff hat und an der Spitze eine Kante, mit der man zum Beispiel Material entnehmen oder glattstreichen kann".
Spatel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spatel, spelled S-P-A-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Werkzeug aus Metall/Plastik oder Holz, das einen Handgriff hat und an der Spitze eine Kante, mit der man zum Beispiel Material entnehmen oder glattstreichen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spatel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie verstrich die Creme mit einem Spatel.
Der Zahnarzt drückt die Zunge mit einem Spatel nach unten.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.