Speiseröhre
[ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌʁøːʁə]
The verdict
“Speiseröhre” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,638
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hohles, aus Muskeln bestehendes, mit einer Schleimhaut ausgekleidetes Verbindungsstück zwischen dem Rachenraum und dem Magen, das dem Transport der Nahrung in denselben dient
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speiseröhre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌʁøːʁə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #39,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Speiseröhre” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Speiseröhre (IPA [ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌʁøːʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,638 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "hohles, aus Muskeln bestehendes, mit einer Schleimhaut ausgekleidetes Verbindungsstück zwischen dem Rachenraum und dem Magen, das dem Transport der Nahrung in denselben dient".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Speiseröhre, with forms such as "pseiseröhre", "sepiseröhre", and "speiesröhre". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Speiseröhre, spelled S-P-E-I-S-E-R-Ö-H-R-E.
Definition
- 1hohles, aus Muskeln bestehendes, mit einer Schleimhaut ausgekleidetes Verbindungsstück zwischen dem Rachenraum und dem Magen, das dem Transport der Nahrung in denselben dient
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pseiseröhre,sepiseröhre,speiesröhre,speiserhöre,speiserröhre,speiseröher,speiseröhhre,speiseröhrre,speiserörhe,speiseörhre,speisreöhre,speisseröhre,spesieröhre,spieseröhre,sppeiseröhre,sspeiseröhre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Speiseröhre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Speiseröhre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-I-S-E-R-Ö-H-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpaɪ̯zəˌʁøːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.