Spezies

/[ˈʃpeːt͡si̯ɛs]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,634

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Spezies is aGermannoun. It means: die besondere Art einer Gattung Pronounced [ˈʃpeːt͡si̯ɛs]. It ranks #9,634 in German word frequency. Often confused with spies and series.

Key facts for Spezies
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpezies
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpeːt͡si̯ɛs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,634
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Spezies is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpeːt͡si̯ɛs]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,634 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Spezies, with forms such as "psezies", "sepzies", and "speizes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "spies", "series", "spezial", and more, 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 Spezies, spelled S-P-E-Z-I-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die besondere Art einer Gattung
  2. 2
    in der biologischen Systematik die Bezeichnung für eine Tier- oder Pflanzenart
  3. 3
    obligatorisch im Gleichgewicht miteinander auftretende Dissoziations- oder Redox-Stufen derselben Substanz
  4. 4
    Grundrechenart
  5. 5
    eine genau definierte Sache, die nicht nur der Gattung nach bestimmt ist, die nicht auswechselbar ist und Gegenstand eines Spezieskaufs oder einer Speziesschuld sein kann; (Beispiel: Ein ganz konkreter und nicht irgendein beliebiger Zuchtbulle)
  6. 6
    Teegemisch

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psezies,sepzies,speizes,spezeis,speziess,spezise,spezzies,sppezies,spzeies,sspezies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Spezies

Misspelling Variants of "Spezies"

psezies7sepzies7speizes7spezeis7speziess8spezise7spezzies8sppezies8
Misspelling Variants of "Spezies"

Frequency rank: #9,634 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spezies"?
"Spezies" is spelled S-P-E-Z-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpeːt͡si̯ɛs].
What does "Spezies" mean?
As a noun, "Spezies" means: die besondere Art einer Gattung
What words are commonly confused with "Spezies"?
"Spezies" is commonly confused with "spies", "series", "spezial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Spezies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spezies" is [ˈʃpeːt͡si̯ɛs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spezies" come from?
"Spezies" 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.