Spessart

Name: Spessart, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃpɛsaʁt]

/[ˈʃpɛsaʁt]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Spessart” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,770
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bergland, Mittelgebirge im Mainviereck im Südwesten Deutschlands (in den Bundesländern Bayern und Hessen)

Corpus desk

Index DE-spessart · Spessart · German

Spessart · rank #25,770 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,770
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH Sonate

Nearest frequency peer: Sonate (-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.

simplen

74,235
Smalltalk

74,233
Sonate

74,232
Spessart

74,231
sprechende

74,229
Stadions

74,228

What this shows „Spessart“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Spessart
Property	Value
Headword	Spessart
Language	German
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[ˈʃpɛsaʁt]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#25,770
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Spessart“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Spessartliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#25,770

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sonate“ (#25,769), „Smalltalk“ (#25,768), „sprechende“ (#25,772). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spessart“ bei #25,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Spessart (IPA [ˈʃpɛsaʁt]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,770 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bergland, Mittelgebirge im Mainviereck im Südwesten Deutschlands (in den Bundesländern Bayern und Hessen)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spessart, with forms such as "psessart", "sepssart", and "spesart". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Spessart, spelled S-P-E-S-S-A-R-T.

Definition

1
Bergland, Mittelgebirge im Mainviereck im Südwesten Deutschlands (in den Bundesländern Bayern und Hessen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Mitten durch den Spessart verläuft eine alte Handelsstraße – der Eselsweg. Von Schlüchtern im oberen Kinzigtal zieht er sich in südlicher Richtung bis hin nach Miltenberg am Main-, an Schlössern, hellgrünen Wäldern und beschaulichen Städtchen vorbei.“
„Im angrenzenden Spessart soll es sogar Dörfer geben, in denen die Zeit seit Jahren komplett stehengeblieben ist.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

psessart
sepssart
spesart
spesasrt
spessarrt
spessartt
spessatr
spessrat
speßart
sppessart
spsesart
sspessart

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spessart - 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.

Edit distance from "Spessart"

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 "Spessart"?

"Spessart" is spelled S-P-E-S-S-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛsaʁt].

What does "Spessart" mean?

As a proper noun, "Spessart" means: Bergland, Mittelgebirge im Mainviereck im Südwesten Deutschlands (in den Bundesländern Bayern und Hessen)

What are common misspellings of "Spessart"?

Common misspellings include "psessart", "sepssart", "spesart", "spesasrt", "spessarrt". The correct spelling is "Spessart".

How do you pronounce "Spessart"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spessart" is [ˈʃpɛsaʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Spessart" come from?

"Spessart" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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