sperrige

[ˈʃpɛʁɪɡə]

/[ˈʃpɛʁɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“sperrige” is uncommon German (frequency #78,561 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,561
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig

Corpus desk

Index DE-sperrige · sperrige · German

sperrige · rank #78,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,561
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spenders

Nearest frequency peer: Spenders (-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 „sperrige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sperrige
PropertyValue
Headwordsperrige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpɛʁɪɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sperrige“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sperrigefällt 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: „Spenders“ (#78,560), „spiegelten“ (#78,562), „speiste“ (#78,559). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sperrige“ bei #78,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sperrige is uncommon German at frequency #78,561 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpɛʁɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sperrige, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 sperrige, spelled S-P-E-R-R-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig

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 "sperrige"?
"sperrige" is spelled S-P-E-R-R-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛʁɪɡə].
What does "sperrige" mean?
As an adjective, "sperrige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sperrig
How do you pronounce "sperrige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sperrige" is [ˈʃpɛʁɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sperrige" come from?
"sperrige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spenders#78,560stations#78,577stetiges#78,584stockend#78,589

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list