Speerspitze
[ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌʃpɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Speerspitze” is uncommon German (frequency #58,310 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,310
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spitze eines Speeres
Corpus desk
Index DE-speerspitze · Speerspitze · German
Speerspitze · rank #58,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,310
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Speere
Nearest frequency peer: Speere (-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 „Speerspitze“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sozialpolit…
sozialpolitischen
41,694 corpus weight
- Sparren
Sparren
41,693 corpus weight
- Speere
Speere
41,692 corpus weight
- Speerspitze
Speerspitze
41,691 corpus weight
- Speichermed…
Speichermedien
41,690 corpus weight
- Spielgesche…
Spielgeschehen
41,688 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Speerspitze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speerspitze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌʃpɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Speerspitze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Speerspitze is uncommon German at frequency #58,310 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌʃpɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Speerspitze, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Speerspitze, spelled S-P-E-E-R-S-P-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Spitze eines Speeres
- 2wichtigster Teil, treibende Kraft einer Bewegung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Speerspitze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Speer trat etwa einen Zentimeter über dem rechten Auge in Yassers Schädel ein und durchbohrte seine rechte Gehirnhälfte, bevor die Speerspitze an der Rückseite seines Kopfes wieder austrat, erklärte das Ärzteam bei der Pressekonferenz.“
„Die eigentliche Sensation aber steckte zwischen den Rippen: eine Speerspitze.“
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).