# speak

> German word · Verb · IPA [spiːk] · frequency rank #39,637

## Definitions
1. mit der Stimme kommunizieren, Wörter laut sagen
2. eine Unterhaltung führen

## Easily confused with
- **spuk** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-spuk)
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-speed)
- **steam** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-steam)
- **Speck** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-speck)
- **Steak** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-steak)
- **Speer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-speer)
- **steck** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-steck)
- **Spray** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-spray)
- **Steaks** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-steaks)
- **spears** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-spears)
- **speaker** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/speak-vs-speaker)
- **sea** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sea-vs-speak)
- **spät** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/spat-vs-speak)
- **Spam** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/spam-vs-speak)
- **spar** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/spar-vs-speak)
- **sean** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sean-vs-speak)
- **seat** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/seat-vs-speak)
- **seal** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/seal-vs-speak)

## Common misspellings (7)
`pseak`, `sepak`, `spaek`, `speakk`, `speka`, `sppeak`, `sspeak`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/speak