speichern

[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]

/[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“speichern” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,784. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,784
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Vorrat von etwas anlegen, damit man etwas zur Verfügung hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-speichern · speichern · German

speichern · rank #8,784 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,784
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Simone

Nearest frequency peer: Simone (-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 „speichern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

speichern vs speichert
89% similar
speichern vs Sprechern
67% similar
speichern vs Speicherung
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for speichern
PropertyValue
Headwordspeichern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,784
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „speichern“

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Simone“ (#8,783), „Spezialisten“ (#8,785), „Sektion“ (#8,782). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „speichern“ bei #8,784. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around speichern (IPA [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,784 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for speichern, with forms such as "pseichern", "sepichern", and "specihern". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "speichert", "Sprechern", "Speicherung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is speichern, spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Vorrat von etwas anlegen, damit man etwas zur Verfügung hat
  2. 2
    Daten auf Datenträger schreiben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ein Stausee ist dazu da, Wasser für trockene Zeiten zu speichern.
  2. Dunkle Steine speichern die Sonnenwärme besser als helle.

Synonyms

bevorratenvorhaltensichern

Antonyms

löschen

This word in other languages

store(English)guardar(Español)stocker(Français)guardar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pseichern
  • sepichern
  • specihern
  • speicchern
  • speicehrn
  • speichenr
  • speichernn
  • speicherrn
  • speichhern
  • speichren
  • speihcern
  • spiechern
  • sppeichern
  • sspeichern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of speichern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pseichern2sepichern2specihern2speicchern1speicehrn2speichenr2speichernn1speicherrn1
Edit distance from "speichern"

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 "speichern"?
"speichern" is spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn].
What does "speichern" mean?
As a verb, "speichern" means: einen Vorrat von etwas anlegen, damit man etwas zur Verfügung hat
What words are commonly confused with "speichern"?
"speichern" is commonly confused with "speichert", "Sprechern", "Speicherung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "speichern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "speichern" is [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "speichern" come from?
"speichern" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

scheitert#8,777syrischen#8,792Rückblick#8,774untersagt#8,804

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

vertreiben14 variantsWanderung14 variantswiderlich14 variantsarbeiteten14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list