speisen

/[ˈʃpaɪ̯zn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,989

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

speisen is aGermanverb. It means: essen, Nahrung zu sich nehmen Pronounced [ˈʃpaɪ̯zn̩]. It ranks #7,989 in German word frequency. Often confused with speist and Spesen.

Key facts for speisen
PropertyValue
Headwordspeisen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpaɪ̯zn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,989
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for speisen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaɪ̯zn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,989 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for speisen, with forms such as "pseisen", "sepisen", and "speiesn". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "speist", "Spesen", "steigen", 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 speisen, spelled S-P-E-I-S-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    essen, Nahrung zu sich nehmen
  2. 2
    mit Nahrung versorgen, verpflegen
  3. 3
    mit etwas versorgen, etwas zuführen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pseisen,sepisen,speiesn,speisenn,speisne,speissen,spesien,spiesen,sppeisen,sspeisen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for speisen

Misspelling Variants of "speisen"

pseisen7sepisen7speiesn7speisenn8speisne7speissen8spesien7spiesen7
Misspelling Variants of "speisen"

Frequency rank: #7,989 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "speisen"?
"speisen" is spelled S-P-E-I-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaɪ̯zn̩].
What does "speisen" mean?
As a verb, "speisen" means: essen, Nahrung zu sich nehmen
What words are commonly confused with "speisen"?
"speisen" is commonly confused with "speist", "Spesen", "steigen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "speisen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "speisen" is [ˈʃpaɪ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "speisen" come from?
"speisen" 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.