Spiel
[ʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Spiel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #303
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tätigkeit ohne Zweck und aus Freude
Corpus desk
Index DE-spiel · Spiel · German
Spiel · rank #303 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #303
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Seite
Nearest frequency peer: Seite (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Spiel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gerne
gerne
99,701 corpus weight
- möchte
möchte
99,700 corpus weight
- Seite
Seite
99,699 corpus weight
- Spiel
Spiel
99,698 corpus weight
- weitere
weitere
99,697 corpus weight
- wenig
wenig
99,696 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Spiel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Spiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Spiel” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Spiel (IPA [ʃpiːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #303 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Spiel, with forms such as "psiel", "sipel", and "speil". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stil", "Spin", "stieg", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Spiel, spelled S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Tätigkeit ohne Zweck und aus Freude
- 2Aufführung mit künstlerischem, religiösem oder sportlichem Charakter
- 3Betätigen von Musikinstrumenten und Musikwiedergabegeräten, Musizieren
- 4gefährliches Treiben, nicht öffentliche Absprache
- 5lebhafte, harmonische Bewegung mehrerer gleichartiger oder zusammengehöriger Teile, Elemente
- 6freie Beweglichkeit von mechanischen Teilen
- 7Satz von Karten beziehungsweise Spielfiguren und Spielbrett
- 8eine abstrakte strategische Situation
- 9künstlerische Darbietung durch Gestaltung einer Rolle
- 10Redensart, Wendung
- 11Tätigkeit mit Zweckausrichtung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir dachten uns immer neue Spiele aus.
„Es gab keine Spiele, Spaziergänge oder Siestas mehr.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psiel
- sipel
- speil
- spiell
- spile
- sppiel
- sspiel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Spiel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spiel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Spiel". Here's where to go from here.
- "Spiel" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Stil". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #303 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.