Spelt
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The verdict
“Spelt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Getreideart, die auch in rauen Lagen und auf „armen“ Böden wächst
Corpus desk
Index DE-spelt · Spelt · German
Spelt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spelt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spelt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Getreideart, die auch in rauen Lagen und auf „armen“ Böden wächst".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Spelt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spelt, spelled S-P-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1Getreideart, die auch in rauen Lagen und auf „armen“ Böden wächst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hafer und Gerste ließen sich als widerstandsfähige Sorten überall anbauen, während Weizen und Spelt im wärmeren Süden und Westen besser gediehen als im Norden und Osten, wo der Roggenanbau dominierte.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.