sperr
[ʃpɛʁ]
The verdict
“sperr” is uncommon German (frequency #54,095 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,095
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sperren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sperr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃpɛʁ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sperr” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sperr is uncommon German at frequency #54,095 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃpɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sperren".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sperr, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sperr, spelled S-P-E-R-R.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sperren
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 “sperr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-R-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.