spenden

/[ˈʃpɛndn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,154

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

spenden is aGermanverb. It means: etwas für einen guten Zweck verschenken, eine Spende geben, positive Gefühle und Wertung austeilen Pronounced [ˈʃpɛndn̩]. It ranks #3,154 in German word frequency. Often confused with Szenen and Sünden.

Key facts for spenden
PropertyValue
Headwordspenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpɛndn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,154
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for spenden is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpɛndn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,154 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for spenden, with forms such as "psenden", "sepnden", and "spednen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Szenen", "Sünden", "Spesen", and more, 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 spenden, spelled S-P-E-N-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas für einen guten Zweck verschenken, eine Spende geben, positive Gefühle und Wertung austeilen
  2. 2
    ein benötigtes materielles Gut austeilen oder hervorbringen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psenden,sepnden,spednen,spendden,spendenn,spendne,spenedn,spennden,spneden,sppenden,sspenden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spenden

Misspelling Variants of "spenden"

psenden7sepnden7spednen7spendden8spendenn8spendne7spenedn7spennden8
Misspelling Variants of "spenden"

Frequency rank: #3,154 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spenden"?
"spenden" is spelled S-P-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛndn̩].
What does "spenden" mean?
As a verb, "spenden" means: etwas für einen guten Zweck verschenken, eine Spende geben, positive Gefühle und Wertung austeilen
What words are commonly confused with "spenden"?
"spenden" is commonly confused with "Szenen", "Sünden", "Spesen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spenden" is [ˈʃpɛndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spenden" come from?
"spenden" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.