Spezialität

/[ʃpet͡si̯aliˈtɛːt]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,727

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Spezialität is aGermannoun. It means: Besonderheit oder Eigenart, die eine Person oder Sache kennzeichnen Pronounced [ʃpet͡si̯aliˈtɛːt]. Often confused with Spezialitäten and Spezialist.

Key facts for Spezialität
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpezialität
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃpet͡si̯aliˈtɛːt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,727
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Spezialität in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Spezialität is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃpet͡si̯aliˈtɛːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,727 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Spezialität, with forms such as "psezialität", "sepzialität", and "speizalität". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Spezialitäten", "Spezialist", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Spezialität, spelled S-P-E-Z-I-A-L-I-T-Ä-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Besonderheit oder Eigenart, die eine Person oder Sache kennzeichnen
  2. 2
    etwas, das jemand gerne tut oder gut beherrscht
  3. 3
    Speise, die typisch für eine Region oder ein Land ist
  4. 4
    Speise, die jemand sehr gerne isst

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psezialität,sepzialität,speizalität,spezailität,speziailtät,spezialittä,spezialittät,spezialitätt,spezialiätt,speziallität,spezialtiät,spezilaität,spezzialität,sppezialität,spzeialität,sspezialität

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Spezialität

Misspelling Variants of "Spezialität"

psezialität11sepzialität11speizalität11spezailität11speziailtät11spezialittä11spezialittät12spezialitätt12
Misspelling Variants of "Spezialität"

Frequency rank: #17,727 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spezialität"?
"Spezialität" is spelled S-P-E-Z-I-A-L-I-T-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpet͡si̯aliˈtɛːt].
What does "Spezialität" mean?
As a noun, "Spezialität" means: Besonderheit oder Eigenart, die eine Person oder Sache kennzeichnen
What words are commonly confused with "Spezialität"?
"Spezialität" is commonly confused with "Spezialitäten", "Spezialist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spezialität"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spezialität" is [ʃpet͡si̯aliˈtɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spezialität" come from?
"Spezialität" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.