Spätzünder
[ˈʃpɛːtˌt͡sʏndɐ]
The verdict
“Spätzünder” is uncommon German (frequency #97,732 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,732
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person mit verzögerter Entwicklung
Corpus desk
Index DE-spatzunder · Spätzünder · German
Spätzünder · rank #97,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,732
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spätzeit
Nearest frequency peer: Spätzeit (-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 „Spätzünder“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sportgericht
Sportgericht
2,272 corpus weight
- spröden
spröden
2,271 corpus weight
- Spätzeit
Spätzeit
2,270 corpus weight
- Spätzünder
Spätzünder
2,269 corpus weight
- Spötter
Spötter
2,268 corpus weight
- SSSR
SSSR
2,266 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spätzünder“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spätzünder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːtˌt͡sʏndɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spätzünder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spätzünder is uncommon German at frequency #97,732 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtˌt͡sʏndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Spätzünder, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spätzünder, spelled S-P-Ä-T-Z-Ü-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person mit verzögerter Entwicklung
- 2Person mit langsamer Auffassung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spätzünder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Laufsport sind Spätzünder keine Seltenheit: ‚Unsere Marathonanalysen zeigen, dass über 25 Prozent der befragten Läufer zwischen 50 bis 69 Jahren erst in den letzten fünf Jahren mit regelmäßigem Sport begonnen haben‘, sagt Dieter Leyk, Professor an der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln.“
„Man lebt vor sich hin, bis einem eines Tages auffällt, dass man ein totaler Spätzünder ist.“
Synonyms
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.
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