spektakulär

/[ʃpɛktakuˈlɛːɐ̯]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,394

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

spektakulär is anGermanadj. It means: Aufsehen erregend Pronounced [ʃpɛktakuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Often confused with spektakuläre and spektakulären.

Key facts for spektakulär
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Headwordspektakulär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʃpɛktakuˈlɛːɐ̯]
Letters11
Frequency rank#19,394
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for spektakulär is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpɛktakuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,394 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aufsehen erregend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for spektakulär, with forms such as "psektakulär", "sepktakulär", and "spekatkulär". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "spektakuläre", "spektakulären", "spektakulärer", 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 spektakulär, spelled S-P-E-K-T-A-K-U-L-Ä-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aufsehen erregend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psektakulär,sepktakulär,spekatkulär,spekktakulär,spektakkulär,spektakluär,spektakullär,spektakulrä,spektakulärr,spektakuälr,spektauklär,spektkaulär,spekttakulär,spetkakulär,spketakulär,sppektakulär,sspektakulär

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spektakulär

Misspelling Variants of "spektakulär"

psektakulär11sepktakulär11spekatkulär11spekktakulär12spektakkulär12spektakluär11spektakullär12spektakulrä11
Misspelling Variants of "spektakulär"

Frequency rank: #19,394 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spektakulär"?
"spektakulär" is spelled S-P-E-K-T-A-K-U-L-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpɛktakuˈlɛːɐ̯].
What does "spektakulär" mean?
As an adj, "spektakulär" means: Aufsehen erregend
What words are commonly confused with "spektakulär"?
"spektakulär" is commonly confused with "spektakuläre", "spektakulären", "spektakulärer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spektakulär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spektakulär" is [ʃpɛktakuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spektakulär" come from?
"spektakulär" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.