Spendern
[ˈʃpɛndɐn]
The verdict
“Spendern” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #44,927 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,927
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Spender
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 | Spendern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛndɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Spendern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Spendern is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpɛndɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,927 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Spender".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spendern, with forms such as "psendern", "sepndern", and "spednern". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "spendet", "spendete", "spendiert", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Spendern, spelled S-P-E-N-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Spender
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psendern,sepndern,spednern,spenddern,spendenr,spendernn,spenderrn,spendren,spenedrn,spenndern,spnedern,sppendern,sspendern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spendern - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Spendern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-N-D-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpɛndɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spendet” - see the side-by-side comparison. Spendern vs spendet
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.