Sperrzone
[ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə]
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
- Sonderzahlu…
Sonderzahlungen
25,981 corpus weight
- Sparkonto
Sparkonto
25,979 corpus weight
- spectator
spectator
25,978 corpus weight
- Sperrzone
Sperrzone
25,976 corpus weight
- Spielgeräte
Spielgeräte
25,974 corpus weight
- Spionageabw…
Spionageabwehr
25,973 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sperrzone“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sperrzone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛʁˌt͡soːnə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sperrzone“ im Deutschen
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
- 1abgegrenzter Bereich, der nicht von jedem nach Belieben betreten/befahren werden darf
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sperrzone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kiebitze hatten sich längst aus der Sperrzone verzogen, ebenso waren die Fasane ausgewandert und die wilden, auf Stille angewiesenen Kaninchen.“
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.
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