sphärisch
[ˈsfɛːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“sphärisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kugelbezogen, -förmig
Corpus desk
Index DE-spharisch · sphärisch · German
sphärisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sphärisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsfɛːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sphärisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sphärisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsfɛːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sphärisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sphärisch, spelled S-P-H-Ä-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1kugelbezogen, -förmig
- 2(welt-)raumtönend, himmlisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sphärisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese andere Geometrie ist die sphärische Geometrie, d.h. die Geometrie auf der Kugeloberfläche, und dieser Geometrie wollen wir uns jetzt zuwenden.“
„Sphärische Aberration (Öffnungsfehler) ist ein Abbildungsfehler der bei einfachen Linsen auftritt, die mit sphärischer Krümmung geschliffen sind.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.