spiegeln
[ˈʃpiːɡl̩n]
The verdict
“spiegeln” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,792 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #12,792
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Bild von etwas oder jemandem in einem geeigneten Medium zurückgeben
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 | spiegeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spiegeln” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for spiegeln is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpiːɡl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,792 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for spiegeln, with forms such as "psiegeln", "sipegeln", and "speigeln". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "spielen", "stiegen", "Spielern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is spiegeln, spelled S-P-I-E-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1ein Bild von etwas oder jemandem in einem geeigneten Medium zurückgeben
- 2durch Verhalten oder Auswirkungen erkennbar werden
- 3glänzen, scheinen
- 4mit einem optischen Instrument – beispielsweise einem Spiegel – untersuchen
- 5jedem Punkt einer Menge genau einen anderen Punkt zuordnen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psiegeln,sipegeln,speigeln,spieegln,spiegelln,spiegelnn,spiegenl,spieggeln,spieglen,spigeeln,sppiegeln,sspiegeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spiegeln - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “spiegeln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-I-E-G-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃpiːɡl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spielen” - see the side-by-side comparison. spiegeln vs spielen
- 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.