Spedition

[ʃpediˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ʃpediˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spedition” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,795
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im engeren Sinn ein Unternehmen, das sich auf den Transport von Dingen (beispielsweise Güter, Möbel) spezialisiert hat; im weiteren Sinn bieten Speditionen zusätzliche Dienstleistungen, wie Kühlen ...

Corpus desk

Index DE-spedition · Spedition · German

Spedition · rank #29,795 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,795
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spears

Nearest frequency peer: spears (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Spedition“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Spedition“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spedition
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpedition
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃpediˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,795
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spedition“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Speditionliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spears“ (#29,794), „Spengler“ (#29,796), „Spagat“ (#29,793). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spedition“ bei #29,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Spedition (IPA [ʃpediˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,795 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spedition, with forms such as "psedition", "sepdition", and "spdeition". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spedition, spelled S-P-E-D-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    im engeren Sinn ein Unternehmen, das sich auf den Transport von Dingen (beispielsweise Güter, Möbel) spezialisiert hat; im weiteren Sinn bieten Speditionen zusätzliche Dienstleistungen, wie Kühlen (beispielsweise bei Nahrungsmittel) oder Lagern von Gütern, an (siehe auch: Logistikunternehmen)
  2. 2
    gewerbsmäßiger Transport von Gütern durch [1]

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Spedition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Den Umzug von Berlin nach Hamburg hat eine Spedition durchgeführt.
  2. „Der 48-Jährige [Achim Nöll] lenkt den 40-Tonner vom Hof der kleinen Spedition im Essener Norden.“

Synonyms

FuhrunternehmenTransportfirmaTransportunternehmenCamionnageBeförderungGüterbeförderungTransport

This word in other languages

carriage(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psedition
  • sepdition
  • spdeition
  • speddition
  • spediiton
  • speditino
  • speditionn
  • speditoin
  • spedittion
  • spedtiion
  • speidtion
  • sppedition
  • sspedition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spedition - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

psedition2sepdition2spdeition2speddition1spediiton2speditino2speditionn1speditoin2
Edit distance from "Spedition"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spedition"?
"Spedition" is spelled S-P-E-D-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpediˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Spedition" mean?
As a noun, "Spedition" means: im engeren Sinn ein Unternehmen, das sich auf den Transport von Dingen (beispielsweise Güter, Möbel) spezialisiert hat; im weiteren Sinn bieten Speditionen zusätzliche Dienstleistungen, wie Kühlen ...
What are common misspellings of "Spedition"?
Common misspellings include "psedition", "sepdition", "spdeition", "speddition", "spediiton". The correct spelling is "Spedition".
How do you pronounce "Spedition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spedition" is [ʃpediˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spedition" come from?
"Spedition" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spedition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sekundäre#29,782Säuberung#29,811Trampolin#29,820Sakrament#29,764

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Spengler13 variantsschicker13 variantsungefähre13 variantsungleiche13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list