spazieren
[ʃpaˈt͡siːʁən]
The verdict
“spazieren” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,230 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,230
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gemächlich gehen zum Zwecke der Entspannung und Zerstreuung
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spazieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃpaˈt͡siːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spazieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for spazieren is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpaˈt͡siːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,230 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gemächlich gehen zum Zwecke der Entspannung und Zerstreuung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for spazieren, with forms such as "psazieren", "sapzieren", and "spaizeren". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "spaziert", "späteren", "sanieren", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is spazieren, spelled S-P-A-Z-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1gemächlich gehen zum Zwecke der Entspannung und Zerstreuung
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psazieren,sapzieren,spaizeren,spazeiren,spazieern,spazierenn,spazierne,spazierren,spazireen,spazzieren,sppazieren,spzaieren,sspazieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spazieren - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “spazieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-A-Z-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃpaˈt͡siːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spaziert” - see the side-by-side comparison. spazieren vs spaziert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.