Spationaut
[ʃpat͡si̯oˈnaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“Spationaut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - französischer Weltraumfahrer
Corpus desk
Index DE-spationaut · Spationaut · German
Spationaut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Spationaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpat͡si̯oˈnaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spationaut” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Spationaut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpat͡si̯oˈnaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "französischer Weltraumfahrer".
Zero misspellings are on record for Spationaut in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Spationaut, spelled S-P-A-T-I-O-N-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1französischer Weltraumfahrer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spationaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Jahr 1982 startete der erste Spationaut ins All.
„Wie das Überbleibsel einer friedlichen Zusammenarbeit bei der Erforschung des Weltraums wirkte ein weiterer Raumstart der letzten Woche: Der französische ‚Spationaut‘ Jean-Loup Chretien und zwei sowjetische Kosmonauten bestiegen eine Sojus-Kapsel zum gemeinsamen Flug ins All.“
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