Speyer
[ˈʃpaɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Speyer” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #14,413 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #14,413
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speyer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Speyer” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Speyer is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpaɪ̯ɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,413 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Speyer, with forms such as "pseyer", "sepyer", and "speeyr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Steyr", "Steuer", "spider", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Speyer, spelled S-P-E-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pseyer,sepyer,speeyr,speyerr,speyre,speyyer,sppeyer,spyeer,sspeyer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Speyer - 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.
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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Using “Speyer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-Y-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpaɪ̯ɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Steyr” - see the side-by-side comparison. Speyer vs Steyr
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.