sperren
[ˈʃpɛʁən]
The verdict
“sperren” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,531 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,531
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Zugang zu einem Gebiet oder Gebäude oder System verhindern
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 | sperren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛʁən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sperren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sperren is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpɛʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,531 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sperren, with forms such as "pserren", "seprren", and "speren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "spüren", "sperrt", "Sporen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sperren, spelled S-P-E-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Zugang zu einem Gebiet oder Gebäude oder System verhindern
- 2ein Vertragsverhältnis von Seiten des Anbieters vorübergehend aussetzen oder endgültig beenden
- 3die Gültigkeit eines Schecks beenden
- 4eine Person vorübergehend oder auf Dauer vom organisierten Sport ausschließen
- 5eine Person oder ein Tier einsperren
- 6die Pläne einer Person oder Personengruppe verhindern
- 7Veränderungen ablehnen
- 8mit einem Zwischenraum drucken
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pserren,seprren,speren,sperern,sperrenn,sperrne,spperren,spreren,ssperren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sperren - 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 “sperren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-R-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpɛʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spüren” - see the side-by-side comparison. sperren vs spüren
- 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.