Spelz
[ʃpɛlt͡s]
The verdict
“Spelz” 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-spelz · Spelz · German
Spelz · 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 | Spelz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpɛlt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spelz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spelz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpɛlt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Getreideart, die auch in rauen Lagen und auf „armen“ Böden wächst".
No misspelling variants are generated for Spelz in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Spelz, spelled S-P-E-L-Z.
Definition
- 1Getreideart, die auch in rauen Lagen und auf „armen“ Böden wächst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spelz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Mittelalter waren Spelz und Dinkel weit verbreitet.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.