sperren
[ˈʃpɛʁən]
The verdict
“sperren” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,531
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Zugang zu einem Gebiet oder Gebäude oder System verhindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-sperren · sperren · German
sperren · rank #7,531 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,531
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH space
Nearest frequency peer: space (-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 „sperren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- seltsame
seltsame
92,473 corpus weight
- Serbien
Serbien
92,472 corpus weight
- space
space
92,471 corpus weight
- sperren
sperren
92,470 corpus weight
- sprang
sprang
92,469 corpus weight
- staatlich
staatlich
92,468 corpus weight
What this shows „sperren“ 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 | 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) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sperren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sperren (IPA [ˈʃpɛʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,531 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sperren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen einer Bombenentschärfung wurde ein Teilstück der Bahnhofstraße gesperrt.
Aufgrund einer Entscheidung des Bundesinnenministers Wolfgang Schäuble bleiben die Akten im Mordfall Buback auch weiterhin gesperrt.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sperren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).