Speiche
[ˈʃpaɪ̯çə]
The verdict
“Speiche” is uncommon German (frequency #87,082 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,082
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil eines Rades, Strebe von der Nabe zur Felge
Corpus desk
Index DE-speiche · Speiche · German
Speiche · rank #87,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,082
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Speisung
Nearest frequency peer: Speisung (+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 „Speiche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sozialbetrug
Sozialbetrug
12,921 corpus weight
- Speiche
Speiche
12,919 corpus weight
- Speisung
Speisung
12,918 corpus weight
- spell
spell
12,917 corpus weight
- Spielorte
Spielorte
12,916 corpus weight
- spornt
spornt
12,914 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Speiche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speiche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaɪ̯çə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Speiche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Speiche is uncommon German at frequency #87,082 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaɪ̯çə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Speiche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Speiche, spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Teil eines Rades, Strebe von der Nabe zur Felge
- 2einer der beiden Unterarmknochen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Speiche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schlechte und schlammige Wege, auf denen der Postillion - und manchmal auch die Mitreisenden - in die Speichen greifen mussten, Reparaturen, Wetterkapriolen und Raubüberfälle machten die Ankunftszeiten unberechenbar.“
„Vor jedem neuen Anfahren griff einer der Männer in die Speichen des Rades, um den Karren in Bewegung zu setzen.“
Synonyms
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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