speichern

/[ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,784

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

speichern is aGermanverb. It means: einen Vorrat von etwas anlegen, damit man etwas zur Verfügung hat Pronounced [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]. It ranks #8,784 in German word frequency. Often confused with speichert and Sprechern.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for speichern is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,784 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for speichern, with forms such as "pseichern", "sepichern", and "specihern". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "speichert", "Sprechern", "Speicherung", 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 speichern, spelled S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pseichern,sepichern,specihern,speicchern,speicehrn,speichenr,speichernn,speicherrn,speichhern,speichren,speihcern,spiechern,sppeichern,sspeichern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for speichern

Misspelling Variants of "speichern"

pseichern9sepichern9specihern9speicchern10speicehrn9speichenr9speichernn10speicherrn10
Misspelling Variants of "speichern"

Frequency rank: #8,784 in German

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 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.