Sperre
[ˈʃpɛʁə]
The verdict
“Sperre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,943
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Bauwerk, das den freien Verkehr einschränkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sperre · Sperre · German
Sperre · rank #10,943 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,943
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spar
Nearest frequency peer: spar (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Sperre“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sonja
Sonja
89,061 corpus weight
- Sozialisten
Sozialisten
89,060 corpus weight
- spar
spar
89,059 corpus weight
- Sperre
Sperre
89,058 corpus weight
- Staffeln
Staffeln
89,057 corpus weight
- Stalin
Stalin
89,056 corpus weight
What this shows „Sperre“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Sperre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛʁə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sperre“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Sperre (IPA [ˈʃpɛʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,943 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sperre, with forms such as "pserre", "seprre", and "spere". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spüre", "Spree", "Sterne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Sperre, spelled S-P-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1ein Bauwerk, das den freien Verkehr einschränkt
- 2die Verhinderung einer Tätigkeit
- 3Konstruktion zur Verhinderung einer Bewegung oder eines Ablaufes
- 4Teilnahmeverbot an sportlichen Wettkämpfen
- 5Handelsverbot von Wertpapieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sperre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der betrunkene Fahrer durchbrach die Sperre und fuhr in die Baugrube.
Bis hierher war ich ohne Fahrkarte gekommen, aber oben an der Sperre warteten die Kontrolleure.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pserre
- seprre
- spere
- sperer
- spperre
- sprere
- ssperre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sperre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Sperre", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).