Speis

[ʃpaɪ̯s]

/[ʃpaɪ̯s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Speis” is uncommon German (frequency #67,719 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,719
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Mörtel

Corpus desk

Index DE-speis · Speis · German

Speis · rank #67,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,719
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sozialpädagoge

Nearest frequency peer: Sozialpädagoge (-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 „Speis“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Speis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Speis
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpeis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃpaɪ̯s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Speis“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Speisfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sozialpädagoge“ (#67,718), „sperrigen“ (#67,720), „speziellem“ (#67,721). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Speis“ bei #67,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Speis is uncommon German at frequency #67,719 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Mörtel".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Speis, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Speis, spelled S-P-E-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Mörtel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Speis ist viel zu dick.
  2. Bei diesem dünnen Speis schwimmt dir ja die Wand weg.

Synonyms

Mörtel

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 "Speis"?
"Speis" is spelled S-P-E-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpaɪ̯s].
What does "Speis" mean?
As a noun, "Speis" means: der Mörtel
How do you pronounce "Speis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Speis" is [ʃpaɪ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Speis" come from?
"Speis" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stech#67,735Selbs#67,695stops#67,745seeds#67,692

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list