Spießdorn
[ˈʃpiːsˌdɔʁn]
The verdict
“Spießdorn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - schwach giftige Pflanze, die zur Gattung Berberitzen und der Familie der Berberitzengewächse zählt
Corpus desk
Index DE-spie-dorn · Spießdorn · German
Spießdorn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Spießdorn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːsˌdɔʁn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spießdorn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spießdorn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpiːsˌdɔʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwach giftige Pflanze, die zur Gattung Berberitzen und der Familie der Berberitzengewächse zählt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Spießdorn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Spießdorn, spelled S-P-I-E-S-S-D-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1schwach giftige Pflanze, die zur Gattung Berberitzen und der Familie der Berberitzengewächse zählt
Synonyms
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.