Sperrzone

[ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə]

/[ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə]/ noun

The verdict

“Sperrzone” is uncommon German (frequency #74,025 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,025
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgegrenzter Bereich, der nicht von jedem nach Belieben betreten/befahren werden darf

Corpus desk

Index DE-sperrzone · Sperrzone · German

Sperrzone · rank #74,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,025
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spectator

Nearest frequency peer: spectator (-2 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 „Sperrzone“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sperrzone
PropertyValue
HeadwordSperrzone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sperrzone“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sperrzonefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „spectator“ (#74,023), „Spielgeräte“ (#74,027), „Sparkonto“ (#74,022). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sperrzone“ bei #74,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sperrzone is uncommon German at frequency #74,025 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abgegrenzter Bereich, der nicht von jedem nach Belieben betreten/befahren werden darf".

No misspelling variants are generated for Sperrzone in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sperrzone, spelled S-P-E-R-R-Z-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    abgegrenzter Bereich, der nicht von jedem nach Belieben betreten/befahren werden darf

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Kiebitze hatten sich längst aus der Sperrzone verzogen, ebenso waren die Fasane ausgewandert und die wilden, auf Stille angewiesenen Kaninchen.“
  2. Die japanischen Behörden haben einen Teil der Sperrzone um das havarierte Atomkraftwerk Fukushima aufgehoben.

This word in other languages

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 "Sperrzone"?
"Sperrzone" is spelled S-P-E-R-R-Z-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə].
What does "Sperrzone" mean?
As a noun, "Sperrzone" means: abgegrenzter Bereich, der nicht von jedem nach Belieben betreten/befahren werden darf
How do you pronounce "Sperrzone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sperrzone" is [ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list