Speicher

/[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐ]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,397

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

Speicher is aGermannoun. It means: Gebäude, das zur Lagerung von Vorräten dient Pronounced [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐ]. It ranks #7,397 in German word frequency. Often confused with Spencer and Stecher.

Key facts for Speicher
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HeadwordSpeicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,397
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Speicher in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Speicher is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,397 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Speicher, with forms such as "pseicher", "sepicher", and "speciher". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Spencer", "Stecher", "Sprecher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Speicher, spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gebäude, das zur Lagerung von Vorräten dient
  2. 2
    Gerät/Gerätschaft/Anlage, dass/die der Speicherung eines (meist wertvollen) Mediums dient (beispielsweise Erdgas, Wasser, Strom, Wärme)
  3. 3
    Raum unter dem Dach, der zum Abstellen dient
  4. 4
    Vorrichtung an elektrischen Rechenanlagen zum Speichern von Informationen
  5. 5
    Datenspeicher

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pseicher,sepicher,speciher,speiccher,speicehr,speicherr,speichher,speichre,speihcer,spiecher,sppeicher,sspeicher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Speicher

Misspelling Variants of "Speicher"

pseicher8sepicher8speciher8speiccher9speicehr8speicherr9speichher9speichre8
Misspelling Variants of "Speicher"

Frequency rank: #7,397 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Speicher"?
"Speicher" is spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐ].
What does "Speicher" mean?
As a noun, "Speicher" means: Gebäude, das zur Lagerung von Vorräten dient
What words are commonly confused with "Speicher"?
"Speicher" is commonly confused with "Spencer", "Stecher", "Sprecher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Speicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Speicher" is [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Speicher" come from?
"Speicher" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.