Spende
[ˈʃpɛndə]
The verdict
“Spende” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,472
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine freiwillige, unentgeltliche Gabe für einen wohltätigen Zweck in Form von Geld, Sach- oder Dienstleistungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spende · Spende · German
Spende · rank #6,472 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,472
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sorte
Nearest frequency peer: sorte (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Spende”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sechsten
sechsten
93,532 corpus weight
- solltet
solltet
93,531 corpus weight
- sorte
sorte
93,530 corpus weight
- Spende
Spende
93,529 corpus weight
- Staatsanwalt
Staatsanwalt
93,528 corpus weight
- Teilnehmern
Teilnehmern
93,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Spende” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛndə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Spende” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Spende (IPA [ˈʃpɛndə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,472 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine freiwillige, unentgeltliche Gabe für einen wohltätigen Zweck in Form von Geld, Sach- oder Dienstleistungen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spende, with forms such as "psende", "sepnde", and "spedne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Szene", "Sünde", "Stunde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Spende, spelled S-P-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1eine freiwillige, unentgeltliche Gabe für einen wohltätigen Zweck in Form von Geld, Sach- oder Dienstleistungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spende appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kirche bittet um eine Spende für die Restaurierung der Orgel.
„Mit meinen Klagen schnorre ich einiges bei den Freunden zusammen, doch die unerwartete und entscheidende Hilfe bringt schließlich eine Spende, die uns aus Schweden erreicht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psende
- sepnde
- spedne
- spendde
- spened
- spennde
- spnede
- sppende
- sspende
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spende - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spende", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Spende". Here's where to go from here.
- "Spende" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Szene". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,472 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.