speiste

[ˈʃpaɪ̯stə]

/[ˈʃpaɪ̯stə]/ verb

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The verdict

“speiste” is uncommon German (frequency #78,559 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,559
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen

Key facts for speiste
PropertyValue
Headwordspeiste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpaɪ̯stə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “speiste” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). speiste lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

speiste is uncommon German at frequency #78,559 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpaɪ̯stə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for speiste, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is speiste, spelled S-P-E-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen

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 "speiste"?
"speiste" is spelled S-P-E-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpaɪ̯stə].
What does "speiste" mean?
As a verb, "speiste" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen
How do you pronounce "speiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "speiste" is [ˈʃpaɪ̯stə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "speiste" come from?
"speiste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “speiste”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃpaɪ̯stə] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list