Sperrholz

[ˈʃpɛʁˌhɔlt͡s]

/[ˈʃpɛʁˌhɔlt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sperrholz” is uncommon German (frequency #65,701 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,701
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Holzplatte aus mehreren miteinander verleimten Holzschichten verschiedener Faserrichtung

Corpus desk

Index DE-sperrholz · Sperrholz · German

Sperrholz · rank #65,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,701
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sperrten

Nearest frequency peer: sperrten (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sperrholz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sperrholz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sperrholz
PropertyValue
HeadwordSperrholz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɛʁˌhɔlt͡s]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,701
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sperrholz“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sperrholzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sperrten“ (#65,702), „spazierte“ (#65,699), „Spiegelungen“ (#65,704). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sperrholz“ bei #65,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sperrholz is uncommon German at frequency #65,701 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛʁˌhɔlt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Holzplatte aus mehreren miteinander verleimten Holzschichten verschiedener Faserrichtung".

No misspelling variants are generated for Sperrholz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sperrholz, spelled S-P-E-R-R-H-O-L-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Holzplatte aus mehreren miteinander verleimten Holzschichten verschiedener Faserrichtung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sperrholz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Volker schraubte die Rückwand ab, die aus Sperrholz war.“
  2. „Nachdem die Wohnung mit Planen und Sperrholz halbwegs bewohnbar gemacht war, setzte Hurrikan Delta ihr Zuhause sechs Wochen später komplett unter Wasser.“

This word in other languages

plywood(English)contrachapado(Español)contreplaqué(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sperrholz"?
"Sperrholz" is spelled S-P-E-R-R-H-O-L-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛʁˌhɔlt͡s].
What does "Sperrholz" mean?
As a noun, "Sperrholz" means: Holzplatte aus mehreren miteinander verleimten Holzschichten verschiedener Faserrichtung
How do you pronounce "Sperrholz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sperrholz" is [ˈʃpɛʁˌhɔlt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sperrholz" come from?
"Sperrholz" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sperrholz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spazierte#65,699skalieren#65,688Segnungen#65,677schwiegen#65,669

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list