Spätphase
[ˈʃpɛːtˌfaːzə]
The verdict
“Spätphase” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abschnitt/Phase vor dem Ende eines Verlaufs
Corpus desk
Index DE-spatphase · Spätphase · German
Spätphase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Spätphase |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːtˌfaːzə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spätphase“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spätphase is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtˌfaːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abschnitt/Phase vor dem Ende eines Verlaufs".
No misspelling variants are generated for Spätphase in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spätphase, spelled S-P-Ä-T-P-H-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Abschnitt/Phase vor dem Ende eines Verlaufs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spätphase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erst gegen Ende seines Lebens, in der Spätphase Friedrich Wilhelms II., erfuhr Kant die Grenzen der preußischen Liberalität.“
Antonyms
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.